195 N.C. App. 752 - State v. Smart’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “as obviating the need for the State to prove that the HGN testing method is sufficiently reliable.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 247 N.C. App. 184 - State v. Godwin · 254 N.C. App. 581 - State v. Younts

2. “(a) If scientific, technical or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion . opinion, or otherwise, if all of the following apply : (1) The testimony is based upon sufficient facts or data. (2) The testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods. (3) The witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 254 N.C. App. 581 - State v. Younts

3. “[The defendant] in fact specifies that his argument pertains to whether the officer's 'method of proof'-that is, the nystagmus testing-is sufficiently reliable as a basis for expert testimony.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 247 N.C. App. 184 - State v. Godwin