State v. Hammitt’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “It is settled law that “[a] brief stop of a suspicious individual, in order to determine his identity or to maintain the status quo momentarily while obtaining more information, may be most reasonable in light of the facts known to the officer at the time”. Adams v. Williams, 407 U.S. 143, 146 , 92 S.Ct. 1921, 1923 , 32 L.Ed.2d 612, 617 (1972); Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 , 88 S.Ct. 1868 , 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968). In such circumstances the State need not demonstrate that probable cause to arrest a suspect existed at the inception of the detention, although such a detention is within the protection of the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution, Davis v. Mississippi 394 U.S. 721 , 89 S.Ct. 1394 , 22 L.Ed.2d 676 (1969), and Article I, sec. 9 of the Texas Constitution. This court has frequently said that circumstances short of probable cause for arrest may justify temporary detention for the purposes of investigation since an investigation is considered to be a lesser intrusion upon the personal security of the individual.”

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

2. “[t]hese articulable, suspicious circumstances permitted [the officer] to, at the very least, approach the vehicle and radio-in the vehicle identification number in order to ascertain whether or not the law had been violated.”

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