19 N.C. App. 451 - State v. Elam’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
2
states following
July 1984
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Aguilar v. Texas · Spinelli v. United States · United States v. Harris · 12 N.C. App. 487 - State v. Flowers · State v. Shirley
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Affiant further states the [sic] S/A B. M. Lea of the SBI advised him that the above named subject is dealer of marijuana. S/A Lea advised affiant that he had obtained this information from a confidential source of information who had given information in the past which led to the arrest and conviction of Rodney McCain. S/A Lea further stated to affiant that he believes his information to be true and accurate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“". . . We think the statutes make the manufacture of marijuana a felony, regardless of the quantity manufactured or the intent of the offender. . . ."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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