People v. Roberson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““By the logic of Caballes, checking for warrants on a passenger changes the fundamental nature of the traffic stop only if (1) it causes the seizure to last longer than the time reasonably required for such a traffic stop or (2) it infringes upon the passenger’s legitimate interest in privacy. The record contains no evidence that checking for warrants on the passenger *** caused the traffic stop to be unreasonably long. As for [the passenger’s] privacy interests, ‘[t]he existence of an arrest warrant is a matter of public record.’ ” Roberson, 367 Ill. App. 3d at 201 , quoting Gist v. Macon County Sheriff’s Department, 284 Ill. App. 3d 367, 377 (1996).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 375 Ill. App. 3d 1055 - People v. Bailey