People v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that relevant circumstances 18 include “the lateness of the hour . . . the reaction to the presence of police, and whether a companion is being arrested”
• holding that when a second car pulled up and stopped behind a police officer presently engaged in the traffic stop of a stolen car, the officer reasonably stopped and searched the second car to secure his own safety
• holding that when a second car pulled up and stopped behind a police officer presently engaged in the traffic stop of a stolen car, the officer reasonably stopped and searched the second car to secure his own safety
• collecting cases that recognize it is reasonable to use handcuffs during police encounters, even without probable cause
• placing a suspect in a police cruiser does not automatically transform a valid investigatory stop into a formal arrest
• “[D]uring an investigatory stop, an officer may take steps to ensure his own safety.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. King
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2001-01-16· cited 258×
• People v. Swietlicki
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2015-11-23· cited 184×
• People v. Pitts
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2000-11-14· cited 48×
• People v. Haley
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2001-11-27· cited 46×
• People v. Raglin
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2000-09-28· cited 28×
• People v. Arias
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2007-06-04· cited 25×
• People v. Heilman
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2002-04-22· cited 15×
• People v. Brant
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2011-04-18· cited 14×
• People v. Brunsting
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2013-07-01· cited 12×
• In Re the Marriage of Bisque
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2001-01-04· cited 8×
• People v. Janis
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2016-05-05· cited 8×
• v. Oliver
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2020-10-29· cited 7×
• People v. Hardrick
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2002-09-16· cited 6×
• v. Cattaneo
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2020-03-12· cited 6×
• State v. Kelly
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2011-05-31· cited 3×
• People v. Pappan
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2018-09-10· cited 3×
• The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado v. Isaiah Sylvester DEANER
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2022-09-26· cited 3×
• The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado v. Eduardo Rubio BARRERA
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2022-09-26· cited 2×
• People v. Smith
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2010-09-02· cited 1×
• Richards v. City of West Des Moines
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2023-07-26