151 N.C. App. 420 - State v. Reid’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
51
cited by 51 later decisions
3
states following
September 2018
most recently cited
49 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Richards v. Wisconsin · State v. Cooke · State v. Diaz · 55 N.C. App. 57 - State v. Tyndall · 71 N.C. App. 521 - State v. Baize
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A person has actual possession of a substance if it is on his person, he is aware of its presence, and either by himself or together with others he has the power and intent to control its disposition or use.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The officer executing a search warrant must, before entering the premises, give appropriate notice of his identity and purpose to the person to be searched, or the person in apparent control of the premises to be searched. If it is unclear whether anyone is present at the premises to be searched, he must give the notice in a manner likely to be heard by anyone who is present.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The `knowing possession' element of the offense of trafficking by possession may be established by a showing . . . [that] the defendant had constructive possession . . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.