State v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he physical description of ‘black man with facial hair’ was too broad to be of any assistance in formulating reasonable suspicion.”
• \'What is reasonable is . . . viewed in terms as understood by those versed in the field of law enforcement.'\
• \Seizures are generally permissible if '\an objective officer would have a reasonable and articulable suspicion that the detainee committed, is about to commit, or is committing a crime.\'\
• \Seizures are generally permissible if ' \an objective officer would have a reasonable and articulable suspicion that the detainee committed, is about to commit, or is committing a crime.\ ' \
• officer must be able to articulate reasonable suspicion beyond hunch of criminal activity

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State of Iowa v. Justin Dean Short
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2014-07-18· cited 153×
• State v. Martinez
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2013-02-01· cited 64×
• State v. Adams
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2012-04-06· cited 48×
• State v. Shamel L. Alexander
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2016-02-12· cited 28×
• State v. Schooler
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2018-06-22· cited 23×
• State v. Meitler
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2015-03-27· cited 11×
• State v. Bruce
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2012-11-02· cited 11×
• State v. Jones
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2012-06-29· cited 8×
• State v. Hall
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2025-02-14· cited 4×
• State v. Arrizabalaga
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2019-07-26· cited 3×
• Amended October 15, 2014 State of Iowa v. Justin Dean Short
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2014-07-18
• State v. Carter
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2025-12-19