172 N.C. App. 801 - State v. Baublitz, Jr.’s Empirical Analysis

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32 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “is strictly limited to determining whether the trial judge's underlying findings of fact are supported by competent evidence, in which event they are conclusively binding on appeal, and whether those factual findings in turn support the judge's ultimate conclusions of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 243 N.C. App. 156 - State v. Perry

2. “[w]here the driver is in control of the car . . . and the controlled substance is found in the car . . . such evidence is sufficient to withstand motion for dismissal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 201 N.C. App. 159 - State v. Gill

3. “constructive possession can be inferred when there is evidence that a defendant had the power to control the vehicle where a controlled substance was found.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 201 N.C. App. 159 - State v. Gill