Michael Wayne Sweets v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) whether the initial stop was justified; and (2) whether the officer's actions during the detention were reasonably related in scope to the circumstances that justified the interference in the first instance.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ray v. State · Brown v. State

2. “we review the ultimate determination regarding the constitutionality of a particular search or seizure de novo.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Maestas v. State

3. “An officer's conduct is judged by an objective standard taking into account the totality of the circumstances.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. State