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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 21 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.

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1 People v. Thomas Anchor
ill · 2001
green “unprovoked flight in the face of a potential encounter with police may raise enough suspicion to justify the ensuing pursuit and investigatory stop.” 8
2 People v. Luedemann
ill · 2006
green “courts have divided police-citizen encounters into three tiers: (1) arrests, which must be supported by probable cause; (2) brief investigative detentions, or 'terry stops,' which must be supported by a reasonable, articulable suspicion of criminal activity; and (3) encounters t…” 7
3 People v. Close
ill · 2010
green “under terry, a police officer may conduct a brief, investigatory stop of a person where the officer reasonably believes that the person has committed, or is about to, commit a crime.” 6

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