State v. Como’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “meant it was either a newly registered vehicle or it could be an unregistered vehicle or an altered license plate. At some point Wilson turned on his spotlight and perhaps his overhead light. John Edward Como emerged from the vehicle's driver position and approached the police car. The officer got out of his car, asked Mr. Como”

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

2. “of the vehicle by pulling up behind it and turning on the emergency lights. As we indicated earlier, Officer Wilson described reasonable articulable facts for the initial intrusion. Our reading of the law rendered in the cases cited in Dickey, supra, leads us to conclude that once an officer expresses”

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

3. “in criminal cases. The following is taken from Dickey v. State, 716 S.W.2d 499 (Tex.Crim.App.1986): It is settled law that”

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