229 N.C. App. 271 - State v. Knudsen’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a] trial court's conclusions of law on a motion to suppress are reviewed de novo and are subject to a full review, under which this Court considers the matter anew and freely substitutes its own judgment for that of the trial court.... The conclusions of law 'must be legally correct, reflecting a correct application of applicable legal principles to the facts found.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 250 N.C. App. 142 - State v. Parson · 250 N.C. App. 714 - State v. Mangum

2. “entrusted with the duty to hear testimony, weigh and resolve any conflicts in the evidence, find the facts, and, then based upon those findings, render a legal decision, in the first instance, as to whether or not a constitutional violation of some kind has occurred[,]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 250 N.C. App. 714 - State v. Mangum · 246 N.C. App. 677 - State v. Johnson

3. “on appeal are binding and deemed to be supported by competent evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 250 N.C. App. 714 - State v. Mangum · 246 N.C. App. 677 - State v. Johnson