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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 12 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 Singletary v. State.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Singletary v. State Anchor
miss · 1975
green “given reasonable circumstances an officer may stop and detain a person to resolve an ambiguous situation without having sufficient knowledge to justify an arrest,” 5
2 Singletary v. State
miss · 1975
green “unequivocably settled the question of the lawfulness of an investigative stop where there is no probable cause to arrest if the officer acts reasonably.” 4
3 McCray v. State
miss · 1986
green “a reasonable suspicion, grounded in specific and articulable facts, that a person they encounter was involved in or is wanted in connection with a felony....” 3

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