370 So. 2d 547 - State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently February 2026 · most notably 441 So. 2d 707 - State v. Flowers (1983), 446 So. 2d 280 - State v. Ossey (1984)
28 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 · Spinelli v. United States · Adams v. Williams · United States v. Oates · United States v. Pope
Most-quoted passages
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“It is now well established that the mere fact that a defendant's behavior while under surveillance at the airport correlates with various elements of a drug courier profile does not by itself provide reasonable cause to stop and detain him for questioning. State v. Washington, 364 So.2d 958 (La.1978); State v. Matthews, 366 So.2d 1348 (La.1978). However, it does not follow that such factors are to be wholly disregarded in determining whether reasonable cause exists. Components of the profile, and defendant's conformance thereto, may be considered, along with other relevant information known to the officer, in evaluating whether he had reasonable cause to stop and detain a defendant. [emphasis supplied] 370 So.2d at 549 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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