188 N.C. App. 701 - State v. Campbell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

53 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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is well established that the 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. In addition, findings of fact to which defendant failed to assign error are binding on appeal. Once this Court concludes that the trial court’s findings of fact are supported by the evidence, then this Court’s next task is to determine whether the trial court’s conclusions of law are supported by the findings. The trial court’s conclusions of law are reviewed de novo and must be legally correct.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Fuller · State v. Franklin

2. “when conducting investigative stops, police officers are `authorized to take such steps as [are] reasonably necessary to protect their personal safety and to maintain the status quo during the course of the stop.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 197 N.C. App. 522 - State v. Garcia · 200 N.C. App. 618 - State v. Gonzalez

3. “The trial court's conclusions of law are reviewed de novo and must be legally correct.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 N.C. App. 252 - State v. Davis · 241 N.C. App. 399 - State v. Andrews