State v. Ege’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
38 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently April 2025 · most notably Frette v. City of Springdale (1998), State v. Roach (1990)
38 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 Terry v. Ohio · United States v. Cortez · Adams v. Williams · McCray v. State of Illinois · State v. Thomte
Most-quoted passages
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“Here, there was a face-to-face confrontation between the informant and the officer. The informant identified himself by name and, in doing so, positioned himself to be held accountable for his intervention. By giving his name, the informant presumably knew that the police could arrest him for giving a false report. See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-907 (Reissue 1985). The informant’s knowledge was based upon his observation of the defendant’s driving his car over a curb, as well as on his face-to-face encounter with the defendant. Clearly, the informant in this case was of the most reliable type. The description and reported location of the vehicle could not have been more accurate, since the informant was able to point directly to the car. Although [the police officer] did not observe any traffic violations, she did observe the defendant’s vehicle move erratically in the parking lot. There was, apparently, little time between the informant’s report and the subsequent stop of the defendant’s vehicle. We conclude on these facts that the stop was legal.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"The reliability of the informant varies from an anonymous telephone tipster to a known citizen's face-to-face meeting with police officers. The vehicle description varies from minimal to very detailed. The reported location of the vehicle varies from pinpoint accuracy to a general direction of travel. The observation of traffic violations ranges from none to several. The shorter the time lag, the more likely the stop is valid."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Bridge · State v. Wollam“An investigatory stop must be justified by an objective manifestation, based upon the totality of the circumstances, that the person stopped has been, is, or is about to be engaged in criminal activity.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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