439 So. 2d 178 - Traylor v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “' "Where a law enforcement officer has received information from a credible source leading to a reasonable belief on his part that an individual has committed a felony, it is not necessary to obtain a warrant in order to effect the arrest of that person. " ' "A law enforcement officer may have probable cause for a warrantless arrest based on the identification or description of the suspect or his motor vehicle without knowing the identity of the person to be arrested. The arresting officer may base his arrest on an official description of the suspect or his motor vehicle as where he receives information from a police radio bulletin or report describing the person or vehicle.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 724 So. 2d 62 - Thompson v. State · 644 So. 2d 1322 - Fields v. State

2. “"To justify governmental intrusion upon the Fourth Amendment rights of a private citizen, specific and articulable facts must be present which, when taken together with rational inferences from those facts, would reasonably warrant such intrusion. Terry v. Ohio , 392 U.S. 1 , 88 S.Ct. 1868 , 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968); Sterling v. State , 421 So.2d 1375 (Ala.Crim.App. 1982). In situation such as the case at bar, we must ask `. . . [W]ould the facts available to the officer at the moment of the seizure . . . "warrant a man of reasonable caution in the belief" that the action taken was appropriate?' Terry v. Ohio , supra; Daniels v. State , 290 Ala. 316 , 276 So.2d 441 (1973)."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 479 So. 2d 1368 - White v. State · 549 So. 2d 542 - State v. Bodereck

3. “"Section 15-5-30 of the Code of Alabama 1975, allows the police, without probable cause, to `stop any person . . . in a public place whom he reasonably suspects is committing, has committed or is about to commit a felony or other public offense and may demand of him, his name, address and explanation of his actions.' This statute gives the police authority to stop and detain a person breifly for questioning based on a suspicion that the person might be engaged in criminal activity."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 479 So. 2d 1368 - White v. State