6 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 28 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 People v. Thomas.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People v. Thomas Anchor | green | “viewed as a whole, the situation confronting the police officer must be so far from the ordinary that any competent officer would be expected to act quickly.” | 10 |
| 2 | People v. Lee | green | “briefly stop a person for temporary questioning if the officer has knowledge of sufficient articulable facts at the time of the encounter to create a reasonable suspicion that the person in question has committed or is about to commit a crime.” | 6 |
| 3 | People v. Miller | green | “right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.” | 3 |
| 4 | People v. Bernard | neutral | “the fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree doctrine is an outgrowth of the exclusionary rule.” | 3 |
| 5 | People v. Davis | green | “the officer must reasonably believe that the defendant is armed and dangerous.” | 3 |
| 6 | People v. Linley | green | “presence in a residential area-even one known as the site of frequent criminal activity-at a late hour is not enough to warrant an investigatory stop.” | 3 |
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.