18 N.C. App. 557 - State v. Logan’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. “When a defendant moves to suppress evidence obtained by a search warrant upon the ground that there was no probable cause for issuance of the search warrant, the inquiry before the court is whether the issuance of the warrant comports with G.S. 15-26, and whether the magistrate was justified in finding probable cause. The court should determine from an examination of the affidavit and warrant whether ... (2) the attached affidavit indicates the basis for the finding of probable cause; ... If the affidavit indicates the basis for the finding of probable cause, but is not in itself sufficient to establish probable cause, testimony of witnesses will be necessary to establish whether there was in fact sufficient evidence before the magistrate to justify his finding of probable cause to issue the search warrant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 60 N.C. App. 116 - State v. Hicks

2. “The proper inquiry is whether there were sufficient facts before the magistrate at the time of issuing the search warrant to justify the magistrate’s finding of probable cause, and whether the warrant complies with the statute.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 60 N.C. App. 116 - State v. Hicks