State v. Abrams’s Empirical Analysis

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2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Some factors to be considered in determining whether a police officer’s contact with a citizen constitutes a seizure of the person are the threatening presence of several officers, display of weapons by an officer, physical touching of the citizen’s body, and the use of language or tone of voice indicating that compliance with the officer’s request might be compelled. U.S. v. Mendenhall, 446 U.S. 544 , 100 S.Ct. 1870 , 64 L.Ed.2d 497 (1980). Not every contact between officer and citizen amounts to a seizure of the citizen. Only when the officer, by means of physical force or show of authority, in some way restrains the liberty of a citizen is there a seizure of the citizen. Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 , 88 S.Ct. 1868 , 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968). The Mendenhall test is imprecise and flexible, depending on the facts and circumstances of the case, and ultimately resolved by looking to the reasonable man’s interpretation of the police offi cer’s conduct in question. Michigan v. Chesternut, 486 U.S. 567 , 108 S.Ct. 1975 , 100 L.Ed.2d 565 (1988).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 741 So. 2d 791 - State v. Gauthier