8 Va. App. 612 - Richards v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
58
cited by 58 later decisions
2
states following
December 2007
most recently cited
58 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Florida v. Royer · United States v. Mendenhall · United States v. Sokolow · United States v. Brignoni-Ponce
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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Law enforcement officers do not violate the Fourth Amendment by merely approaching an individual in a public place, by asking him if he is willing to answer some questions or by putting questions to him if he is willing to answer.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Trained and experienced police officers ... may be able to perceive and articulate meaning in given conduct which would be wholly innocent to the untrained observer.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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