140 N.C. App. 217 - State v. Bowens’s Empirical Analysis

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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. “[t]estimony [the] [d]efendant was present at the dwelling on several occasions and testimony he lived [there] [could] not alone support a conclusion [the] [d]efendant kept or maintained the dwelling.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 145 N.C. App. 152 - State v. Hamilton · 250 N.C. App. 674 - State v. Holloway

2. “ownership of the property; occupancy of the property; repairs to the property; payment of taxes; payment of utility expenses; payment of repair expenses; and payment of rent.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 250 N.C. App. 674 - State v. Holloway · 191 N.C. App. 400 - State v. GHANEE

3. “Defendant was seen in and out of the dwelling 8-to-10 times over the course of 2-to-3 days; nobody else was seen entering the premises during this 2-to-3 day period of time; men’s clothing was found in one closet in the dwelling; Branch testified he believed Defendant lived at 1108 Carolina Street, although he offered no basis for that opinion and had not checked to see who the dwelling was rented to or who paid the utilities and telephone bills.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 157 N.C. App. 647 - State v. Harris · 250 N.C. App. 674 - State v. Holloway