State v. Gary Santos’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
57
cited by 57 later decisions
3
states following
July 2025
most recently cited
55 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · United States v. Sokolow · Michigan v. Long · Arizona v. Gant · United States v. Fountain
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must make an independent examination of the record to determine if [the defendant's] rights have been violated.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“objectively reasonable safety concerns justified her protective search of the area near the passenger seat”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“was reasonable in her belief that [the defendant] might be armed and dangerous”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.