State v. Cobbs

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing right to frisk is automatic when suspect has been stopped on the suspicion of committing or preparing to commit an inherently dangerous crime, like burglary
• noting that officer may conduct protective patdown search if there is reasonable suspicion that suspect has committed, is committing or will commit an “inherently dangerous crime”
• discussing 7 reasonable suspicion of persons on foot who entered a vehicle and drove away
• reviewing whether an officer had reasonable suspicion to conduct a protective frisk
• “At best, when an officer is merely investigating a traffic offense, he faces an inordinate risk when he approaches a subject seated in an automobile.”
• reasonable for officer to frisk burglary suspect who may be armed with weapons or tools such as knives and screwdrivers

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Jason L.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2000-05-23· cited 316×
• State v. Vandenberg
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2003-10-01· cited 162×
• State v. Flores
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1996-05-01· cited 129×
• State v. Neal
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2007-06-27· cited 122×
• State v. Garcia
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2009-09-01· cited 110×
• State v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1988-06-30· cited 101×
• State v. Lovato
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1991-07-02· cited 74×
• State v. Ochoa
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2004-06-08· cited 62×
• State v. Prince
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2004-09-07· cited 58×
• State v. Barragan
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2001-09-17· cited 55×
• State v. Jones
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1992-06-10· cited 54×
• State v. Patterson
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2006-02-03· cited 46×
• State v. TYWAYNE H.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1997-01-29· cited 44×
• State Ex Rel. Taxation & Revenue Department Motor Vehicle Division v. Van Ruiten
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1988-06-28· cited 37×
• City of Albuquerque v. Haywood
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1997-12-22· cited 37×
• In Re Forfeiture of ($28,000.00)
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1997-12-22· cited 35×
• State v. Eskridge
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1997-09-15· cited 34×
• People v. Rivera
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-05-01· cited 33×
• State v. Arredondo
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1997-07-15· cited 32×
• State v. Lowe
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2004-05-03· cited 25×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• Adams v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-12· cited 5,118×
• United States v. Brignoni-Ponce
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 3,736×
• Ybarra v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1980-01-21· cited 2,082×
• People v. Benjamin
  New York Court of Appeals· 1980-11-18· cited 388×
• Simmons v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-01-14· cited 61×
• State v. Galvan
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1977-02-08· cited 59×
• State v. Flynn
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1979-12-04· cited 55×
• People v. Myles
  California Court of Appeal· 1975-08-04· cited 44×
• People v. Livigni
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1982-08-23· cited 43×
• State v. Aguirre
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1981-06-08· cited 32×
• United States ex rel. Richardson v. Rundle
  Third Circuit· 1972-06-08· cited 24×
• State v. Hilliard
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1970-03-20· cited 18×
• State v. Rivera
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1973-11-21· cited 14×
• People v. Pitt
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1985-04-08· cited 12×
• State v. Dechene
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1975-02-06· cited 7×
• State v. Harrison
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1980-12-30· cited 6×