State v. Privott’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[I]n determining the lawfulness of an investigatory stop, a reviewing court must 'evaluate the totality of circumstances surrounding the police-citizen encounter, balancing the State's interest in effective law enforcement against the individual's right to be protected from unwarranted and/or overbearing police intrusions.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Chisum

2. “based on `specific and articulable facts which, taken together with rational inferences from those facts,' give rise to a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 420 N.J. Super. 167 - State v. Adubato

3. “the individual approached `need not answer any question put to him; indeed, he may decline to listen to the questions at all and may go on his way.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 420 N.J. Super. 167 - State v. Adubato