464 So. 2d 691 - State v. Walden’s Empirical Analysis

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11 state decisions

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1. “In Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 13 , 88 S.Ct. 1868, 1875 , 20 L.Ed.2d 889, 901 (1968), the United States Supreme Court recognized that street encounters between citizens and police officers are `incredibly rich in diversity'; they range from exchanges of useful information to hostile confrontations. In U.S. v. Mendenhall, 446 U.S. 544, 555 , 100 S.Ct. 1870, 1877 , 64 L.Ed.2d 497 (1980), the Court noted that characterizing every street encounter between a citizen and the police as a `seizure' would impose undue restrictions on a wide variety of legitimate law enforcement practices, including effective police investigation. Recently, in Florida v. Royer, 460 U.S. 491 , 103 S.Ct. 1319 , 75 L.Ed.2d 229 (1983), the Court elaborated that law enforcement officers do not violate the Fourth Amendment by merely approaching an individual on the street or in another public place, by asking him if he is willing to answer some questions, by putting questions to him if the person is willing to listen, or by offering in evidence in a criminal prosecution his voluntary answers to such questions. See Dunaway v. New York, 442 U.S. 200 , 210 n. 12, 99 S.Ct. 2248 , 2255 n. 12, 60 L.Ed.2d 824 , 834 n. 12 (1979); Terry, 392 U.S. at 32-33 , 88 S.Ct. at 1885-1886 , 20 L.Ed.2d at 909-910 . (Harlan, J., concurring). The person approached need not answer any question put to him, and may decline to listen to the questions and may go on his way. He may not be detained even momentarily without reasonable, ob”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 477 So. 2d 658 - State v. Smith

2. “392 U.S. at 34 , 88 S.Ct. at 1886 (White, J., concurring). This is so even under normal conditions with officers having no concrete suspicion on which to rely. Of course in such situations a person would be under no duty to remain, and could continue on his way if he chose to do so. That person, ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 661 So. 2d 962 - State v. Collins

3. “of the person and an encounter which does not intrude upon any constitutionally protected interests, explaining: In Terry , the Supreme Court noted that,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 661 So. 2d 962 - State v. Collins