169 N.C. App. 790 - State v. Downing’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. “Probable cause exists where the facts and circumstances within their [the officers'] knowledge and of which they had reasonable trustworthy information [are] sufficient in themselves to warrant a man of reasonable caution in the belief that an offense has been or is being committed.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 261 N.C. App. 235 - State v. Degraphenreed · 200 N.C. App. 506 - State v. Stover

2. “[p]lain smell of drugs by an officer is evidence to conclude there is probable cause for a search .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 N.C. App. 253 - State v. Sorrell · 200 N.C. App. 506 - State v. Stover

3. “[T]he standard of review in evaluating a trial court's ruling on a motion to suppress is that the trial court's findings of fact `are conclusive on appeal if supported by competent evidence, even if the evidence is conflicting.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 179 N.C. App. 437 - State v. Peterson