Griffin v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing, generally, that it is objectively reasonable for a law enforcement officer to believe that individuals involved in the “drug business” are armed and dangerous
• noting that “[p]olice knowledge of appellant’s past illegal drug activity” was one of several specific and articulable circumstances supporting a finding that the police reasonably suspected that the appellant was selling cocaine
• noting that “[p]olice knowledge of appellant’s past illegal drug activity” was one of several specific and articulable circumstances supporting a finding that the police reasonably suspected that the appellant was selling cocaine
• upholding Terry frisk based in part on police knowledge of the defendant’s criminal history
• confidential informant advised police that “appellant was selling crack cocaine at a specific location in a ‘drug trafficking’ part of town”
• confidential informant advised police that “appellant was selling crack cocaine at a specific location in a ‘drug trafficking’ part of town”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

53 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Sheppard
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-12-10· cited 279×
• Furr v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2016-09-21· cited 126×
• Gipson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2008-08-28· cited 35×
• Mills v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2009-08-31· cited 24×
• Marcus Wayne Barnes v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2014-02-13· cited 18×
• Durwin Young v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2018-08-16· cited 7×
• Cullum v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-11-19· cited 4×
• Lee Darain Scott v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2008-06-19
• Derrick Devon Davis v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2008-04-24
• Kenric Leal Marshall v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2009-09-23
• Daniel Lee Henderson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2009-09-23
• Robert Paul Mills v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2009-08-31
• in Re: Hollis Posey, Relator
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2004-01-22
• State v. Jerome Paul Marroquin
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2007-08-09
• Larry Darnell McKellar v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2007-08-08
• Jonathan Dale Crager v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2007-04-11
• Ruben Galindo Benavides, Jr. v. State of Texas
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2007-06-21
• Timothy Scott Lawson v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2007-02-22
• State v. Gerald Franklin Henry
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2007-09-05
• Robert Burton v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2008-11-26

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• Sibron v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 4,326×
• Pennsylvania v. Mimms
  Supreme Court· 1977-12-05· cited 3,269×
• Carmouche v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-01-26· cited 3,205×
• Minnesota v. Dickerson
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-07· cited 2,669×
• Richards v. Wisconsin
  Supreme Court· 1997-04-28· cited 959×
• O'HARA v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-09-20· cited 234×