Willis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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

1. “Here, the police arrived at the scene moments after a caller reported a man holding a handgun to another man's head. In this circumstance, it would be unreasonable to expect a police officer to approach a suspect without his gun drawn, because the risk to the officer's safety is simply too great. Similarly, we believe the totality of the circumstances justifies the use of handcuffs on a suspect during the brief detention required to determine only whether that suspect possesses a handgun, which might be concealed on the suspect's person and easily accessible if the suspect's hands are free. We decline to hold the brief intrusion into Willis' privacy and the brief deprivation of his liberty of movement were constitutionally unreasonable as an investigative stop under the facts facing the officers in this case.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. J.G. v. State of Indiana · Reinhart v. State

2. “when a police officer interrupts the freedom of the accused and restricts his liberty of movement.”

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

3. “an African-American male was holding a gun to the head of another African-American male.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. J.G. v. State of Indiana