259 N.C. App. 879 - State v. Parisi’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “[o]ur review of a trial court's denial of a motion to suppress is 'strictly limited to determining whether the trial judge's underlying findings of fact are supported by competent evidence, in which event they are conclusively binding on appeal, and whether those factual findings in turn support the judge's ultimate conclusions of law' " (quoting Cooke , 306 N.C. at 134 , 291 S.E.2d at 619 (1982), and that " [t]he trial court's conclusions of law ... are fully reviewable on appeal,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Parisi

2. “while the odor of alcohol, standing alone, is not evidence of impairment, the '[f]act that a motorist has been drinking, when considered in connection with ... other conduct indicating an impairment of physical or mental faculties, is sufficient prima facie to show a violation of [N.C.]G.S. [§] 20-138.1.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Parisi

3. “it seems clear that the facts, as supported by the evidence and as found by the district and superior courts, supported a conclusion that Officer Anderson had probable cause to stop and cite defendant for driving while impaired”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Parisi