700 So. 2d 1062 - State v. Basile’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article 1, Sec. 5 of the Louisiana Constitution prohibit unreasonable searches and seizures. Searches and seizures outside the judicial process, without prior approval by a judge or magistrate, are per se unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment, subject only to a few specifically established and well delineated exceptions.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 746 So. 2d 832 - State v. Samuel · 748 So. 2d 1192 - State v. Martello

2. “A law enforcement officer may stop a person in a public place whom he reasonably suspects is committing, has committed, or is about to commit an offense...”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 770 So. 2d 29 - State v. Lipscomb · 749 So. 2d 767 - State v. Tyler

3. “The officers testified that they suspected defendant and Calvin Dominick [her companion] to have been involved in an illegal-drug transaction. If their suspicion was reasonable, that is based upon sufficient knowledge of facts and circumstances to justify stopping the couple, then the officers were authorized under La.C.Cr.P. art. 215.1 to stop the couple and demand of them their names, their addresses, and an explanation of their actions. The officers knew that they were in an area with a high incidence of illegal-drug traffic, that the actions of the participants in the encounter they observed on the street corner were consistent with an illegal-drug transaction, and that one of the participants was a dealer of illegal drugs. The so-called high crime areas are places in which the character of the area gives color to conduct which might not otherwise arouse the suspicion of an officer. The reputation of an area is an articulable fact upon which a police officer may legitimately rely and which is relevant in a determination of reasonable cause. [Citations omitted.] The officers were also justified in relying on their prior experiences to recognize the activity they observed as consistent with an illegal drug transaction and to recognize of the participants as a man known by them to deal in illegal drugs.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 703 So. 2d 83 - State v. Stan