State v. Garriga’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In the present case, when the officers first approached defendant, there was no “seizure” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. U.S. v. Mendenhall, [ 446 U.S. 544 , 100 S.Ct. 1870 , 64 L.Ed.2d 497 (1980)] supra. There is not objective indication that defendant was no free to leave or to walk away from the initial encounter. The officers were not in uniforms nor did they display any weapons. The entire encounter appears to have taken place with defendant’s consent and cooperation and occurred in a public area.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 686 So. 2d 929 - State v. Sider

2. “we think taken together they amount to reasonable suspicion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 624 So. 2d 1249 - State v. Jones