139 N.C. App. 437 - State v. Pulliam’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

36 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “determine[s] only whether the trial court's findings of fact are supported by competent evidence, and whether these findings of fact support the court's conclusions of law.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 247 N.C. App. 412 - State v. Bullock · 190 N.C. App. 823 - State v. Wall

2. “[T]he United States Supreme Court has affirmed the right of police to order passengers from a vehicle in order to conduct a search of the driver's car, despite the complete absence of probable cause or reasonable suspicion concerning the passengers.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 258 N.C. App. 292 - State v. Campola

3. “[a]s a passenger, defendant was obliged to exit the vehicle for safety reasons during the search thereof, despite the absence of probable cause or a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 167 N.C. App. 807 - State v. Dawkins