134 N.C. App. 123 - State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A]ny weak links in a chain of custody relate only to the weight to be given evidence and not to its admissibility.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Lindsey · 145 N.C. App. 302 - State v. Ferguson

2. “was free of impermissible suggestiveness, and the evidence is clear and convincing that [D]efendant's in-court identification originated with observation of Defendant at the time of the robbery and not with the photographs[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 196 N.C. App. 178 - State v. Gaddy

3. “[The Officer] knew that the suspect she was attempting to identify was a black male, and [a confidential informant] had previously told her defendant's name as it appeared under his photo.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 263 N.C. App. 341 - State v. Pless