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← 394 SO2D 1192 - State v. Ault

State v. Ault’s Empirical Analysis

1981

Citation profile

12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
December 2009
most recently cited

11 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · 363 So. 2d 661 - State v. Lukefahr · 385 So. 2d 207 - State v. Edsall · 387 So. 2d 1165 - State v. Dowling · 377 So. 2d 338 - State Ex Rel. Palermo v. Hawsey

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. “Reasonable cause for an investigatory stop or detention is something less than probable cause. Nevertheless, it requires the detaining officer to have articulable knowledge of particular facts sufficient reasonably to suspect the detained person of criminal activity.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “"A. A law enforcement officer may stop any person in a public place whom he reasonably suspects is committing, has committed or is about to commit a felony or a misdemeanor and may demand of him his name, address and an explanation of his actions."”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.