214 N.C. App. 39 - State v. Best’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"[A]n inference of constructive possession can ... arise from evidence which tends to show that a defendant was the custodian of the vehicle where the [contraband] was found. In fact, the courts in this State have held consistently that the driver of a borrowed car, like the owner of the car, has the power to control the contents of the car. Moreover, power to control the automobile where [contraband] was found is sufficient, in and of itself , to give rise to the inference of knowledge and possession sufficient to go to the jury."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 263 N.C. App. 370 - State v. Wirt · State v. Mitchell

2. “First, the defendant must show that counsel’s performance was deficient. This requires showing that counsel made errors so serious that counsel was not functioning as the “counsel” guaranteed the defendant by the Sixth Amendment. Second, the defendant must show that the deficient performance prejudiced the defense. This requires showing that counsel’s errors were so serious as to deprive the defendant of a fair trial, a trial whose result is reliable.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 241 N.C. App. 657 - State v. Furr · 228 N.C. App. 234 - State v. Pemberton

3. “(1) defendant was previously convicted of a felony; and (2) thereafter possessed a firearm.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 263 N.C. App. 370 - State v. Wirt · State v. Perry