176 N.C. App. 642 - State v. Weakley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “First, that the defendant possessed a vehicle; the Toyota truck. The defendant possessed the vehicle if he was aware of its presence and either by himself, or together with others, had both the power and intent to control its disposition or use. And second, that the defendant knew or had reasonable grounds to know that. . . the vehicle . . . had been stolen or unlawfully taken.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 187 N.C. App. 235 - State v. Marsh

2. “The fact that a defendant is willing to sell property for a fraction of its value is sufficient to give rise to an inference that he knew, or had reasonable grounds to believe, that the property was stolen.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 249 N.C. App. 101 - State v. Jester

3. “Our Supreme Court has held the legislature intended for the 'reasonable man' standard to apply to the offense of possession of stolen goods.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 249 N.C. App. 101 - State v. Jester