166 N.C. App. 228 - State v. Barnhill’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 2 district · 33 state decisions

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

1. “Officer Malone had an unobstructed view of the vehicle, as well as ample opportunity to observe defendant’s progress up Fourth Street. Furthermore, Officer Malone’s personal observation of the speed of defendant’s truck, coupled with the sound of the engine racing and the bouncing of the car as it passed through the intersection, furnished him with a sufficient blend of circumstances to establish there was a fair probability that defendant was exceeding a speed greater than was reasonable and prudent under the conditions existing at that time in violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-141 (a). Thus, Officer Malone had probable cause to stop defendant’s vehicle.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 224 N.C. App. 374 - State v. Royster

2. “Although the trial court's findings of fact are generally deemed conclusive when supported by competent evidence, a trial court's conclusions of law ... [are] reviewable de novo .... [T]he trial court's conclusions of law must be legally correct, reflecting a correct application of applicable legal principles to the facts found.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 259 N.C. App. 866 - State v. Mitchell

3. “[I]f an ordinary citizen can estimate the speed of a vehicle, so can Officer Malone.”) 8 . The majority agrees that no evidence exists to support its view of the capabilities of human beings, but asserts that an evidentiary foundation is unnecessary because it is”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. Sowards