253 N.C. App. 148 - State v. Huddy’s Empirical Analysis

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2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]n officer's implied right to knock and talk extends only to the entrance of the home that a reasonably respectful citizen unfamiliar with the home would believe is the appropriate door at which to knock.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 266 N.C. App. 115 - State v. Ellis · 259 N.C. App. 708 - State v. Stanley

2. “The home's occupants, family, or frequent invitees may use a closer side or back door or a door within a garage to enter the home, rather than walk further to use a front door. Nonetheless, even a seldom-used front door is the door uninvited members of the public are expected to use when they arrive.... Even if the back door was the entrance primarily used by [the defendant] or regular visitors, an uninvited visitor would not necessarily acquire any 'implied license' to also use that door.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 259 N.C. App. 708 - State v. Stanley

3. “covered in cobwebs and did not appear to be used as the main entrance to the house.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 266 N.C. App. 115 - State v. Ellis