State v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] level one encounter becomes a level two stop and a seizure under the [FjJourth [(AJmendment occurs when a reasonable person, in view of all the cireum-stances, would believe he ... is not free to leave.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Tehero · State v. Merworth

2. “(1) an officer may approach a citizen at anytime [sic] and pose questions so long as the citizen is not detained against his will; (2) an officer may seize a person if the officer has an “articulable suspicion” that the person has committed or is about to commit a crime; however, the “detention must be temporary and last no longer than is necessary to effectuate the purpose of the stop”; (3) an officer may arrest a suspect if the officer has probable cause to believe an offense has been committed or is being committed.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Merworth · State v. Hargraves

3. “'As long as the person remains free to disregard the questions and walk away, there has been no intrusion upon that person's liberty or privacy as would under the Constitution require some particularized and objective justification.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Tehero · State v. Adams