Dortch v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
October 1997
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Maryland v. Buie · 629 So. 2d 841 - Brown v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“The deputy did not find anyone else in the apartment but did find marijuana inside a baggie under a baseball hat on a dresser in a bedroom. While continuing to”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“warrant a reasonably prudent officer to believe that the area to be swept harbors an individual posing a danger to those on the arrest scene,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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