State v. Sharp’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
71 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions — most recently November 2024 · most notably In the Interest of L.J. (2013), State v. Martinez (2003)
71 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Cortez · State v. Gopher · 34 Ill. 2d 516 - The PEOPLE v. Braden · 82 Wash. 2d 577 - State v. Roybal · 50 Ill. 2d 136 - People v. Taylor
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““All that is required of an officer in making an investigatory stop is that he have a “particularized” or “reasonable” suspicion that criminal activity may be afoot. This is the applicable standard for an investigative stop of a vehicle; or in other words ‘some basis from which the court can determine that the detention was not arbitrary or harassing.’ ” State v. Gopher (Mont. 1981), 631 P.2d 293, 295 , 38 St.Rep. 1078 , 1081, relying on United States v. Cortez (1981), 449 U.S. 411 , 101 S.Ct. 690 , 66 L.Ed.2d 621 .””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Here, Officer Williams had a sufficient basis for his particularized suspicion of illegal activity. A citizen had just called the police to report a possible DUI offense and had given the police dispatcher the car's license plate number and description and the direction of travel. These facts were corroborated when Officer Williams found the described vehicle going in the direction and on the highway reported by the telephone caller. When Williams came upon the automobile, it was stopped halfway off the roadway and began to pull away when he approached. Officer Williams noticed skid marks coming from the vehicle. He had right at that time, based on reasonable suspicion and logical inference, to stop the defendant's vehicle to investigate a possible crime. (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Anderson“Here, Officer Williams ... observed the passenger Wesley Sharp in the vehicle slouched over and apparently intoxicated. Based on that observation, Officer Williams inquired further. In response to the officer’s questions, Ron Truman [the driver when the officer observed the vehicle] stated that the two had just switched places and that they did so because Sharp was "too drunk to drive.” To further corroborate this, Officer Williams went back to the squad car and had the dispatcher call the First and Last Chance Saloon. The informant, then identified, stated that Wesley Sharp was driving the car when it left the saloon. At that time, Officer Williams’ investigation had produced facts that ripened into the probable cause to arrest Wesley Sharp.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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