People v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
30
cited by 30 later decisions
7
states following
May 2018
most recently cited
27 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“inherent and inordinate danger to investigating police officers in completing their authorized official responsibilities in such circumstances justifies that precautionary action.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Warr v. State · People v. Gates“'police may order persons out of an automobile during a stop for a traffic violation'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.