State v. Berry’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As our Eastern District explains, The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution protects the people against unreasonable search and seizures. Generally, a search and seizure is allowed only if the police have probable cause to believe the person has committed or is committing a crime. Beck v. Ohio, 379 U.S. 89, 91 , 85 S.Ct. 223 , 13 L.Ed.2d 142 (1964). The Fourth Amendment, however, allows a Terry stop, which is a minimally intrusive form of seizure that is lawful if the police officer has a reasonable suspicion supported by articulable facts that the individuals stopped are engaged in criminal activity. Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 20 , 88 S.Ct. 1868 , 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968). Reasonable suspicion is a less demanding standard and can arise from less reliable information than probable cause. Alabama v. White, 496 U.S. 325, 330 , 110 S.Ct. 2412 , 110 L.Ed.2d 301 (1990). Reasonable suspicion is determined by looking at the totality of the circumstances to determine if the content of the information possessed by the police and its degree of reliability is sufficient to create a “reasonable suspicion” of criminal activity. Id.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Bergmann · State v. Massaro