139 N.C. App. 454 - State v. Manning’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “due to the overwhelming evidence on the charges stemming from the drug buy on 6 May 1997, including a recording of the drug buy obtained from the wire-tapped informant, testimony of the informant, surveillance of the area by officers, and seizure of defendant just after the transaction”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 191 N.C. App. 611 - State v. Jeffries

2. “Our courts have determined that even a very slight movement may be `real' or `substantial' enough to constitute `transportation' depending upon the purpose of the movement and the characteristics of the areas from which and to which the contraband is moved.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 177 N.C. App. 725 - State v. Williams

3. “A determination of whether there has been `substantial movement' involves consideration of `all the circumstances surrounding the movement[.]'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 177 N.C. App. 725 - State v. Williams