163 N.C. App. 129 - State v. Roberson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

85 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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “are not challenged on appeal, they are deemed to be supported by competent evidence and are binding on appeal.”

   15 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 199 N.C. App. 319 - State v. Louis · 196 N.C. App. 791 - State v. Stallings

2. “The fact that [the officer's] observation of [the motorist] gave rise to no more than an unparticularized suspicion or hunch cannot be rehabilitated by adding to the mix of considerations the general statistics advocated by the [prosecution] on time, location, and special events from which a law enforcement officer would draw his inferences based on his training and experience.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 184 N.C. App. 25 - State v. Barnard · State v. Heapy

3. “A motorist waiting at a traffic light can have her attention diverted for any number of reasons. . . . When defendant did cross the intersection, there was nothing suspicious about her driving and thus no indication that she may have been under the influence of alcohol. Consequently, defendant’s driving, including the delayed reaction at the traffic light, did not give rise to a reasonable, articulable suspicion that she was driving while under the influence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 184 N.C. App. 25 - State v. Barnard