292 Ga. App. 724 - Hayes v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

33 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"seizure that is justified solely by the interest in issuing a warning ticket to the driver can become unlawful if it is prolonged beyond the time reasonably required to complete that mission." Thus, "the tolerable duration of police inquiries in the traffic-stop context is determined by the seizure's 'mission'-to address the traffic violation that warranted the stop, and attend to related safety concerns."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 347 Ga. App. 174 - Jose Vazquez v. State

2. “cases are typically very fact specific [and] [e]ven when only one witness testifies, as in the case at bar, the testimony can be ambiguous.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 295 Ga. App. 136 - Robinson v. State

3. “Consent given pursuant to a request made after the motorist has been detained for an unreasonable period of time is not a valid consent[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 347 Ga. App. 174 - Jose Vazquez v. State