State v. Thomas’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. “within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. This Court reasoned that one of the officers testified he did not have any particular reason to suspect the defendant was committing a crime, but that his purpose in approaching the defendant was to conduct a field interview to”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 821 So. 2d 79 - State v. Hill

2. “Nothing at the hearing on the motion to suppress indicated that the officers coerced the defendant or that he was not free to leave or walk away. We find that this encounter took place with the defendant's consent in a public place.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 821 So. 2d 79 - State v. Hill

3. “State v. Tucker, 626 So.2d 707 (La.1993); State v. Gibson, 97-1203 (La.App. 5 Cir. 3/25/98) , 708 So.2d 1276 . A person has not been”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 821 So. 2d 79 - State v. Hill