Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘(E)ven when officers have no basis for suspecting a particular individual, they may generally ask questions of that individual, (cits.); ... as long as the police do not convey a message that compliance with their requests is required.’ (Cit.) . . . ‘So long as a reasonable person would feel free “to disregard the police and go about his business,” (cit.), the encounter is consensual and no reasonable suspicion is required. The encounter will not trigger Fourth Amendment scrutiny unless it loses its consensual nature.’ (Cit.)” [Cit.]”

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

2. ““ ‘On reviewing a trial court’s ruling on a motion to suppress, evidence is construed most favorably to uphold the findings and judgment and the trial court’s findings on disputed facts and credibility must be accepted unless clearly erroneous. (Cit.)’ (Cit.)” [Cit.]”

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