State v. Murray’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “' Hopkins v. State, 661 So.2d 774, 782 (Ala.Cr. App.1994), quoting State v. Washington, 623 So.2d 392, 397 (Ala.Cr.App.1993) (quoting United States v. Tapia, 912 F.2d 1367, 1370 (11th Cir.1990)).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. RW v. State · 913 So. 2d 505 - R.W. v. State

2. ““ ‘a police officer may make a brief investigatory detention based upon a “reasonable suspicion” of criminal activity. This court in State v. Bodereck, 549 So.2d 542, 545-46 (Ala.Cr.App.1989), quoting from United States v. Post, 607 F.2d 847, 850 (9th Cir.1979), discussed “reasonable suspicion” as mentioned in Terry [v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 , 88 S.Ct. 1868 , 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968),] and stated: “ ‘ “ ‘[T]he quantum of cause necessary to justify an investigatory stop is a “reasonable” or “founded” suspicion that the person has committed or is about to commit a criminal act.... The founded suspicion must arise from specific facts and not inchoate hunches, but the officer is entitled to draw inferences from those facts in light of his experience.’ ” ’”

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

3. “[i]t is well settled that furtive actions at the approach of law officers `are strong indicia of mens rea.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 854 So. 2d 636 - State v. White