148 N.C. App. 702 - State v. Allison’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

47 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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Our review of a trial court's denial of a motion to suppress is strictly limited to a determination of whether it's [sic] findings are supported by competent evidence, and in turn, whether the findings support the trial court's ultimate conclusion.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 196 N.C. App. 791 - State v. Stallings · 201 N.C. App. 593 - State v. TORRES-GARCIA

2. “Foremost, the tip in this case came through a 'face-to-face' encounter rather than by an anonymous telephone call. Under this scenario [the officer] had an opportunity to observe the demeanor of the female informant in an effort to assess the reliability of her tip. Furthermore, by engaging [the officer] directly, the female informant significantly increased the likelihood that she would be held accountable if her tip proved to be false.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Forte