Stephens v. State’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. “such searches should be limited ... to wallets or similar common repositories of identification papers, and examination of such containers should be allowed only to the extent necessary to find a driver's license or similar document. And if the precise location of the wallet or like container is not known, only a frisk should be allowed as a means of discovering it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Deemer v. State

2. “decline[d] to adopt Professor LaFave's recommendation in total, at least where the suspect has been subjected to a full custodial arrest [as opposed to an investigative stop].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Deemer v. State

3. “a useful guide in keeping searches for identification suitably narrow”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Deemer v. State