139 N.C. App. 33 - State v. Tappe’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “it is 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
   e.g. 259 N.C. App. 839 - State v. Clapp · 236 N.C. App. 456 - State v. Townsend

2. “[Officer's] observations of defendant, ... including his observation of defendant's vehicle crossing the center line, defendant's glassy, watery eyes, and the strong odor of alcohol on defendant's breath, provided sufficient evidence of probable cause to justify the warrantless arrest of defendant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 248 N.C. App. 112 - State v. Williams

3. “[T]he scope of review on appeal of a defendant's motion to suppress is strictly limited to determining whether the trial court's findings are supported by competent evidence, in which case they are binding on appeal, and in turn, whether those findings support the trial court's conclusions of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 197 N.C. App. 630 - State v. Peeler