194 N.C. App. 623 - State v. Green’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) whether the informant was known or anonymous, (2) the informant's history of reliability, and (3) whether information provided by the informant could be and was independently corroborated by the police.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 249 N.C. App. 642 - State v. Jackson · 256 N.C. App. 303 - State v. McPhaul

2. “The standard of review when appealing from 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. The trial court's conclusions of law, however, are fully reviewable.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 247 N.C. App. 784 - State v. Crook

3. “A search of a motor vehicle which is on a public roadway or in a public vehicular area is not in violation of the Fourth Amendment if it is based on probable cause, even though a warrant has not been obtained.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 203 N.C. App. 150 - State v. Kizer