Daniel v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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37 state decisions

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

1. “A consensual encounter has been defined as simply the voluntary cooperation of a private citizen in response to a non-coercive questioning by a law enforcement official.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 276 Ga. App. 735 - State v. McMichael · State v. Figueroa

2. “[o]nce the underlying basis for the initial traffic stop has concluded,”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 277 Ga. App. 49 - State v. Whitt · 273 Ga. App. 637 - Williams v. State

3. “[A]n officer's express statement that the motorist is free to leave does not by itself mean that the ensuing encounter is consensual. We recognize that even after a driver has been expressly advised that he or she is free to leave, an officer's subsequent actions may be so inconsistent with that advice that a reasonable person could conclude that the advice was no longer operative.”

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