State v. Wright

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that \[t]he presence of a bullet could reasonably indicate the presence of a gun\
• bullet visible on floorboard of vehicle, vehicle suspected of being stolen and involved in robbery, occupants admitted ex-felons
• “A stop is lawful if police reasonably suspect that the persons or vehicles stopped have been involved in criminal activity.”
• observance of bullet in plain view on car’s floorboard could reasonably indicate the presence of a gun and thus allowed police to search the passenger compartment for weapons to ensure their safety
• observance of bullet in plain view on car’s floorboard could reasonably indicate the presence of a gun and thus allowed police to search the passenger compartment for weapons to ensure their safety

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Colyar
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2013-11-08· cited 124×
• People v. Stack
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-05-06· cited 24×
• Ford v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2006-07-20· cited 14×
• Barrios-Lomeli v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1997-08-28· cited 13×
• State v. Garcia-Garcia
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1991-05-07· cited 11×
• People v. Colyar
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-12-30· cited 5×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Cortez
  Supreme Court· 1981-01-21· cited 5,975×
• Michigan v. Long
  Supreme Court· 1983-07-06· cited 3,763×
• Texas v. Brown
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-19· cited 3,147×
• California v. Ciraolo
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-30· cited 1,253×
• Illinois v. Lafayette
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-20· cited 1,216×
• Wright v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1972-08-01· cited 14×
• Stuart v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1978-12-05· cited 7×
• Ildefonso v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1972-05-10· cited 1×