232 N.C. App. 667 - State v. Sutton’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · 210 N.C. App. 1 - Peters v. Pennington · State v. Rinck · State v. Butler · 106 N.C. App. 165 - State v. Fleming
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.
“[i]f upon detaining [an] individual [pursuant to a lawful Terry stop], the officer's personal observations confirm that criminal activity may be afoot and suggest that the person detained may be armed, the officer may frisk him as a matter of self-protection.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[W]henever the person is carrying a concealed handgun, [the person] shall disclose to any law enforcement officer that the person ... is carrying a concealed handgun when approached or addressed by the officer[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[A]n officer's experience and training can create reasonable suspicion. Defendant's actions must be viewed through the officer's eyes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.