100 N.C. App. 574 - State v. McCoy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]here the affidavit properly recites facts indicating activity of a protracted and continuous nature, a course of conduct, the passage of time becomes less significant. The continuity of the offense may be the most important factor in determining whether the probable cause is valid or stale.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 260 N.C. App. 418 - State v. Winchester · 253 N.C. App. 408 - State v. Daye

2. “must establish a nexus between the objects sought and the place to be searched. Usually this connection is made by showing that criminal activity actually occurred at the location to be searched or that the fruits of a crime that occurred elsewhere are observed at a certain place.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 259 N.C. App. 848 - State v. Howard · 244 N.C. App. 685 - State v. Allman

3. “make a practical, common sense decision whether, given all the circumstances set forth in the affidavit before him ... there is a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 248 N.C. App. 72 - State v. Brown · 259 N.C. App. 857 - State v. Lenoir