Riley v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 10 state decisions

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1. “when police approached the Escort with their badges and flashlights, after having parked their police vehicle behind the Escort so as to prevent it from driving away, a seizure had taken place for purposes of Fourth Amendment analysis”); United States v. Packer, 15 F.3d 654, 657 (7th Cir.1994) (stating that when officers’ vehicles were parked both in front and behind defendant’s car with a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Garcia-Cantu

2. “Based upon these observations and prior investigations of adults providing alcohol to minors, [the] officers believed they might have been witnessing a request by the underage girls for the man to purchase them alcohol or, perhaps, a drug transaction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 382 Ill. App. 3d 1129 - People v. Leggions

3. “The observations of the officers were all consistent with innocent behavior.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 382 Ill. App. 3d 1129 - People v. Leggions