135 N.C. App. 222 - State v. Parisi’s Empirical Analysis

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10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[u]nder our statutes, the consumption of alcohol, standing alone, does not render a person impaired. An effect, however slight, on the defendant’s faculties, is not enough to render him or her impaired. Nor does the fact that defendant smells of alcohol by itself control. . . . The effect must be appreciable, that is, sufficient to be recognized and estimated, for a proper finding that defendant was impaired.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 146 N.C. App. 283 - State v. Scott

2. “(a) Offense. — A person commits the offense of impaired driving if he drives any vehicle upon any highway, any street, or any public vehicular area within this State: (1) While under the influence of an impairing substance; or (2) After having consumed sufficient alcohol that he has, at any relevant time after the driving, an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 146 N.C. App. 283 - State v. Scott

3. “be appreciable, that is, sufficient to be recognized and estimated, for a proper finding that defendant was impaired.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Whitmore