876 So. 2d 353 - Williamson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The United States Supreme Court has held that "there are situations in which an anonymous tip, suitably corroborated, exhibits `sufficient indicia of reliability to provide reasonable suspicion to make the investigatory stop.'" Florida v. J.L., 529 U.S. 266, 270 , 120 S.Ct. 1375 , 146 L.Ed.2d 254 (2000) (quoting Alabama v. White, 496 U.S. 325, 329 , 110 S.Ct. 2412 , 110 L.Ed.2d 301 (1990)). This Court has also held that "[r]easonable cause for an investigatory stop may be based on an officer's personal observation or on an informant's tip if it bears indicia of reliability." Floyd v. City of Crystal Springs, 749 So.2d 110, 118 (Miss.1999). "Reasonable suspicion is dependent upon the content of the information possessed by the detaining officer as well as its degree of reliability." Id. "Both factors — quantity and quality — are considered in the `totality of the circumstances'"”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. John Norman Cole v. State of Mississippi · 892 So. 2d 191 - Burchfield v. State

2. “[r]easonable cause for an investigatory stop may be based on an officer's personal observation or on an informant's tip if it bears indicia of reliability.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Eaddy v. State · 892 So. 2d 191 - Burchfield v. State

3. “It is unlawful for any person to purchase, possess, transfer or distribute two hundred fifty (250) dosage units or fifteen (15) grams in weight (dosage unit and weight as defined in Section 41-29-139) of pseudoephedrine or ephedrine, knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that the pseudoephedrine or ephedrine will be used to unlawfully manufacture a controlled substance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 892 So. 2d 191 - Burchfield v. State