246 N.C. App. 259 - State v. Blue’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the State shall bear the burden of proving that the [satellite-based monitoring] program is reasonable.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Smith · State v. Martin

2. “That conclusion, however, does not decide the ultimate question of the program's constitutionality. The Fourth Amendment prohibits only unreasonable searches. The reasonableness of a search depends on the totality of the circumstances, including the nature and purpose of the search and the extent to which the search intrudes upon reasonable privacy expectations.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 246 N.C. App. 349 - State v. Morris · State v. Smith

3. “the trial court simply acknowledged that SBM constitutes a search and summarily concluded it is reasonable[.]”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 246 N.C. App. 349 - State v. Morris · State v. Moore