Zimmerman v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “Frequently, a police officer, in a reflective mood, will say, “Judge, you know this 4th Amendment makes my job a lot tougher and more difficult.” What does one respond, except to say: “Officer, that’s precisely what a Bill of Rights is for. Even in our service, you are not permitted the efficiency permitted a counterpart in a Gestapo or an NKVD. From day to day, that is your burden; but from decade to decade and century to century, that is your glory. When you look at your wife and children at home at night, you yourself would not have it otherwise. Yes, Officer, it makes your job a lot more difficult. It’s supposed to.””

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