52 Wash. App. 523 - State v. Ortiz’s Empirical Analysis

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3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a well founded suspicion based on objective facts that [the individual] is connected to actual or potential criminal activity.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 59 Wash. App. 368 - State v. Tarica · 58 Wash. App. 90 - State v. Conner

2. “In determining the lawfulness of the detention, the jury here had to consider the surrounding circumstances and the facts known to all of the officers, including the officers’ prior knowledge of a fight, observation of a minor injury, and the fact that a suspect, pointed out by an apparent eyewitness, was in the process of leaving the tavern.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 85 Wash. App. 797 - State v. Jones

3. “Absent circumstances suggesting the informant's reliability, or some corroborative observation which suggests either the presence of criminal activity or that the informer's information was obtained in a reliable fashion, a forcible stop based solely upon such information is not permissible.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 58 Wash. App. 90 - State v. Conner