247 N.C. App. 603 - State v. Baskins’s Empirical Analysis

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3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[r]emand is necessary because it is the trial court that is 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. 261 N.C. App. 676 - State v. Dixon · 256 N.C. App. 255 - State v. Faulk

2. “The temporary detention of a motorist upon probable cause to believe he has violated a traffic law (such as operating a vehicle with expired registration and inspection) is not inconsistent with the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures, even if a reasonable officer would not have stopped the motorist for the violation. [citation omitted] [Detective] O'Hal was justified in stopping [the] Defendant[s'] vehicle.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 256 N.C. App. 255 - State v. Faulk

3. “[a]lthough we can imagine how the facts as found by the trial court would likely fit into the legal standards recited in the section of the order which is identified as 'conclusions of law,' based upon the trial court's denial of the motion, it is still the trial court's responsibility to make the conclusions of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 256 N.C. App. 255 - State v. Faulk