State v. Prater’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[R]elevant information known to a police dispatcher may be 'imputed' to a police officer who conducts an investigative stop and so may be considered for purposes of evaluating whether the stop was supported by a reasonable suspicion.”

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

2. “[aln investigative stop made in objective reliance on a police dispaicher's bulletin is justified if the dispatcher who broadcast the bulletin possessed reasonable suspicion of imminent public danger justifying the stop.”

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

3. “Assuming the police make a Terry stop in objective reliance on a flyer or bulletin, we hold that the evidence uncovered in the course of the stop is admissible if the police who issued the flyer or bulletin possessed a reasonable suspicion justifying a stop, and if the stop that in fact occurred was not significantly more intrusive than would have been permitted the issuing department.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lum v. Koles