Lockett v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An officer may stop and briefly detain an individual for investigatory purposes if, based upon specific and articulable facts, the officer has a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity even if the officer lacks probable cause to make an arrest. Lockett v. State, 747 N.E.2d 539, 544 (Ind.2001), reh'g denied, citing Terry v. Oho, 392 U.S. 1 , 88 S.Ct. 1868 , 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968). In determining whether a Terry stop is reasonable, we apply a two-part test:”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Crabtree v. State

2. “permitting an officer to routinely inquire about the presence of weapons during a traffic stop goes beyond the seope of the circumstances which rendered its initiation permissible and furthermore does not require the officer to have an objectively reasonable suspicion that his safety is threatened.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Camp v. State

3. “[alnything less would invite intrusions upon constitutionally guaranteed rights based on nothing more substantial than inarticulate hunches, a result this Court has consistently refused to sanction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Crabtree v. State