49 Va. App. 215 - Cost v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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

1. “if police see a person in possession of a highly suspicious object or some object which is not identifiable but which because of other circumstances is reasonably suspected to be contraband, and [also] observe that person make an apparent attempt to conceal that object . . .,probable cause is then present”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cost v. Com.

2. “refusal to answer is one factor which an officer may consider, together with evidence that gave rise to his prior suspicion, in determining whether there are grounds for arrest”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cost v. Com.

3. “attempted to conceal the drugs, failed to heed the officer's demand that he cease the furtive behavior, and failed to respond to the officer's questions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cost v. Com.