State v. Norals’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Reasonable suspicion” to stop is something less than probable cause and is determined under the facts and circumstances of each case by whether the officer had sufficient facts within his knowledge to justify an infringement on the individual’s right to be free from governmental interference. |sAn individual’s constitutional protections from unreasonable searches and seizures are triggered during an investigative traffic stop. United States v. Sharpe, 470 U.S. 675, 682 , 105 S.Ct. 1568, 1573 , 84 L.Ed.2d 605 (1985). The law provides that the stopping of a vehicle and its occupants constitute a seizure under the law. Delaware v. Prouse, 440 U.S. 648, 653 , 99 S.Ct. 1391, 1396 , 59 L.Ed.2d 660 (1979). When an officer observes what he objectively believes is a traffic offense, the decision to stop the vehicle is reasonable, regardless of the officer’s subjective motivation. Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806, 810, 813 , 116 S.Ct. 1769, 1772, 1774 , 135 L.Ed.2d 89 (1996); State v. Waters, 00-0356, p. 4 (La.3/12/01), 780 So.2d 1053, 1056 ; State v. Landry, 98-0188, p. 2 (La.01/20/99), 729 So.2d 1019, 1020 ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 133 So. 3d 304 - State v. Candebat

2. “Consequently, the ruling of a trial judge on a motion to suppress will not be disturbed absent an abuse of that discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Loicana

3. “Trial courts are vested with great discretion when ruling on a motion to suppress.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Loicana