Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
November 2016
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 272nd Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Illinois v. Gates · Ornelas v. United States · United States v. Cortez · Beck v. State of Ohio
Most-quoted passages
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“An accurate description of a subject’s readily observable location and appearance is of course reliable in this limited sense: It will help the police correctly identify the person whom the tipster means to accuse. Such a tip, however, does not show that the tipster has knowledge of concealed criminal activity. The reasonable suspicion here at issue requires that a tip be reliable in its assertion of illegality, not just in its tendency to identify a determinate person.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gilmore v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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