State v. Biber’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

183 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 183 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Conclusions of law are reviewed de novo and are subject to full review.”

   32 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 247 N.C. App. 771 - State v. Crandell · 259 N.C. App. 650 - State v. Cox

2. “The standard of review in evaluating the denial of a motion to suppress is whether competent evidence supports the trial court's findings of fact and whether the findings of fact support the conclusions of law.”

   17 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 259 N.C. App. 650 - State v. Cox · State v. Johnson

3. “[p]robable cause is defined as those facts and circumstances within an officer's knowledge and of which he had reasonably trustworthy information which are sufficient to warrant a prudent man in believing that the suspect had committed or was committing an offense.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 262 N.C. App. 329 - State v. Jackson · 259 N.C. App. 839 - State v. Clapp