127 N.C. App. 431 - State v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
July 2011
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Harris · 90 N.C. App. 333 - State v. Adkerson · 115 N.C. App. 711 - State v. Johnston · 125 N.C. App. 279 - State v. Crawford · 124 N.C. App. 364 - State v. Rogers
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'a reasonable ground of suspicion supported by circumstances sufficiently strong in themselves to warrant a cautious man in believing the accused to be guilty[.]'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“not necessary to show that the offense was actually committed, only that the officer had a reasonable ground to believe it was committed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“the practical and factual considerations of everyday life on which reasonable and prudent people act.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.