Sellmer v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 42 state decisions

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

1. “[Precedent dictates that for an anonymous tip to constitute the reasonable suspicion necessary for a valid investigatory stop, at least two conditions must be met. First, significant aspects of the tip must be corroborated by the police. Such corroboration requires that an anonymous tip give the police something more than details regarding facts easily obtainable by the general public to verify its credibility. Second, an anonymous tip, if it is to be considered reliable enough to constitute reasonable suspicion to conduct an investigatory stop, must also demonstrate an intimate familiarity with the suspect's affairs and be able to predict future behavior.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tyrone Grayson v. State of Indiana · TS v. State

2. “'certain carefully drawn and well-delineated exceptions.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. George v. State · Brown v. State

3. “by applying an objective test asking whether a reasonable person under the same cireumstances would believe that he was under arrest or not free to resist the entreaties of the police. Sellmer v. State, 842 N.E.2d 358, 863 (Ind.2006) (citing Florida v. Bostick, 501 U.S. 429, 434 , 111 S.Ct. 2382 , 115 L.Ed.2d 389 (1991); Jones, 655 N.E.2d at 55 & n. 4 (observing that”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Friend v. State · Miller v. State