Court of Appeals of Washington· 3/5/1984
State v. Belanger
Citations
- 677 P.2d 781
- 36 Wash. App. 818
- 1984 Wash. App. LEXIS 2709
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding that the officer at first lacked a well-founded suspicion of criminal activity to justify detaining the defendant but that “he did have the limited right and duty to approach and inquire about what appeared to be suspicious circumstances”
- finding that the officer at first lacked a well- founded suspicion of criminal activity to justify detaining the defendant, but \he did have the limited right and duty to approach and inquire about what appeared to be suspicious circumstances\
- “[N]ot every public street encounter between a citizen and the police rises to the stature of a seizure. Law enforcement officers do not ‘seize’ a person by merely approaching that individual on the street or in another public place, or by engaging him in conversation.”
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Judges: Reed, Worswick, Petrie
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18 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. HarringtonWashington Supreme Court· 2009-12-10· cited 81×
- State v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1986-12-30· cited 77×
- State v. EllwoodCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1988-07-25· cited 75×
- State v. NettlesCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1993-07-26· cited 61×
- State v. OrtegaWashington Supreme Court· 2013-03-21· cited 58×
- State v. ArangurenCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1985-12-30· cited 54×
- State v. Soto-GarciaCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1992-12-17· cited 37×
- State v. MercerCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1986-09-23· cited 35×
- State v. SweetCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1986-06-30· cited 28×
- State v. ThomasCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1998-05-22· cited 28×
- State v. CraneCourt of Appeals of Washington· 2001-03-16· cited 17×
- State v. CantrellCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1993-06-17· cited 12×
- State of Washington v. Otoniel CarrieroCourt of Appeals of Washington· 2019-04-25· cited 8×
- State v. MacHadoCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1989-07-18· cited 7×
- State v. GanttCourt of Appeals of Washington· 2011-08-16· cited 6×
- State v. LyonsCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1997-03-06· cited 6×
- State v. Bravo OrtegaWashington Supreme Court· 2013-03-21
- State v. CraneCourt of Appeals of Washington· 2001-03-30
Cites
6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
- United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court· 1980-06-30· cited 6,313×
- United States v. Brignoni-PonceSupreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 3,736×
- State v. GluckWashington Supreme Court· 1974-02-07· cited 151×
- State v. MontgomeryCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1982-05-05· cited 13×
- State v. WalkerCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1979-12-13· cited 12×
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