Maestas v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “Corporal Halter’s testimony indicates that he felt and immediately believed the rock-like object was contraband. At that moment, Corporal Halter had probable cause to seize the object.”
• “A trial court’s specific findings of fact are presumed to be correct. We must accept the district court’s factual findings on a motion to suppress unless they are clearly erroneous or influenced by an incorrect view of the law.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bryan Robinson v. The State of Wyoming
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2019-12-12· cited 13×
• Bradley Michael Elmore v. The State of Wyoming
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2021-03-09· cited 9×
• Jamie Stuart Snyder v. The State of Wyoming
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2021-10-12· cited 8×
• Young v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2018-05-30· cited 6×
• Mark David Davis v. The State of Wyoming
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2025-11-06· cited 1×
• State of Iowa v. Earnest Jones Hunt, Jr.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2022-05-20

Cites

27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• Coolidge v. New Hampshire
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-21· cited 9,038×
• Payton v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1980-04-15· cited 7,618×
• Ornelas v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-10· cited 7,197×
• United States v. Cortez
  Supreme Court· 1981-01-21· cited 5,975×
• Texas v. Brown
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-19· cited 3,147×
• Horton v. California
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-04· cited 2,923×
• Minnesota v. Dickerson
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-07· cited 2,669×
• Arizona v. Hicks
  Supreme Court· 1987-03-03· cited 1,525×
• Commonwealth v. Zhahir
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-05-19· cited 176×
• United States v. Patrick H. Davis
  D.C. Circuit· 1972-03-16· cited 144×
• United States v. Thekkedajh Peethamb Menon
  Third Circuit· 1994-07-25· cited 118×
• Damato v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2003-01-29· cited 84×
• Vasquez v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1999-11-16· cited 83×
• Dharminder Vir Sen v. The State of Wyoming
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2013-04-24· cited 58×
• Da Shores v. Dl Lindsey
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1979-05-03· cited 51×
• Fertig v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2006-11-17· cited 43×
• Vassar v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2004-10-29· cited 39×
• Meadows v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2003-03-13· cited 29×
• Owens v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2012-02-06· cited 22×