145 N.C. App. 152 - State v. Hamilton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When the evidence presented lacks incriminating circumstances showing defendant's exclusive use of the premises, maintenance of the premises as a residence, or some apparent proprietary interest in the premises or the controlled substance, our Supreme Court has held that the trial court should dismiss the charge of possession of the controlled substance”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 165 N.C. App. 777 - State v. McNeil

2. “Evidence that raises only a strong suspicion without producing any incriminating circumstances does not reach the level of substantial evidence necessary for the denial of a motion to dismiss. Just as in [a prior case], the most the State showed was that defendant had been in an area where he could have committed the crime charged.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 257 N.C. App. 739 - State v. Campbell

3. “there [was] no evidence [d]efendant was the owner or the lessee of the dwelling, or that he had any responsibility for the payment of the utilities or the general upkeep of the dwelling”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 191 N.C. App. 400 - State v. GHANEE