162 N.C. App. 118 - State v. Yates’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a reasonable ground of suspicion, supported by circumstances sufficiently strong in themselves to warrant a cautious man in believing the accused to be guilty.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Fuller · State v. Johnson

2. “easily and quickly hidden or destroyed, especially after defendant received notice of [the officer's] intent to discover whether defendant was in possession of marijuana.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 N.C. App. 522 - State v. Stanley · 248 N.C. App. 797 - State v. Pigford

3. “[t]he question thus remains whether there were exigent circumstances justifying the warrantless search of defendant”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 N.C. App. 522 - State v. Stanley