5 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 37 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from State of Tennessee v. Travis Kinte Echols.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State of Tennessee v. Travis Kinte Echols Anchor | green | “(1) a full-scale arrest, which requires probable cause; (2) a brief investigatory detention, requiring reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing; and (3) a brief police-citizen encounter, requiring no objective justification.” | 9 |
| 2 | State of Tennessee v. Travis Kinte Echols | green | “both the state and federal constitutions protect against unreasonable searches and seizures; the general rule is that a warrantless search or seizure is presumed unreasonable and any evidence discovered is subject to suppression.” | 9 |
| 3 | State of Tennessee v. Travis Kinte Echols | green | “probable cause . . . exists if, at the time of the arrest, the facts and circumstances within the knowledge of the officers, and of which they had reasonably trustworthy information, are 'sufficient to warrant a prudent person in believing that the defendant had committed or was…” | 8 |
| 4 | State v. Lawrence | green | “deals with probabilities, . . . not technicalities, . . . the factual and practical considerations of everyday life on which reasonable and prudent persons . . . act.” | 7 |
| 5 | State v. Lawrence | green | “probable cause 'deals with probabilities, . . . not technicalities, . . . the factual and practical considerations of everyday life on which reasonable and prudent persons . . . act.” | 4 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.