155 N.C. App. 89 - State v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

43 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"a traffic stop based on an officer's mere suspicion that a traffic violation is being committed, but which can only be verified by stopping the vehicle, such as drunk driving or driving with a revoked license, is ... justified if the totality of circumstances affords an officer reasonable grounds to believe that criminal activity may be afoot."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 163 N.C. App. 129 - State v. Roberson · 165 N.C. App. 431 - State v. Villeda

2. ““The stop must be based on specific and articulable facts, as well as the rational inferences from those facts, as viewed through the eyes of a reasonable, cautious officer, guided by his experience and training. The only requirement is a minimal level of objective justification, something more than an ‘unparticular-ized suspicion or hunch.’ ””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 163 N.C. App. 129 - State v. Roberson · 192 N.C. App. 684 - State v. Murray

3. “'[A] trial court's conclusions of law regarding whether the officer had reasonable suspicion [or probable cause] to detain a defendant is reviewable de novo. '”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 247 N.C. App. 412 - State v. Bullock · 203 N.C. App. 172 - State v. Hinson