State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

36 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a] reviewing court must consider the totality of the circumstances-the whole picture.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 258 N.C. App. 292 - State v. Campola · In re V.C.R.

2. “Although each of the series of acts was 'perhaps innocent in itself,' ... taken together, they 'warranted further investigation.' " (quoting Terry , 392 U.S. at 22 , 88 S.Ct. at 1880 -81 , 20 L.Ed.2d at 907 ) ); * State v. Williams , 366 N.C. 110 , 117, 726 S.E.2d 161 , 167 (2012) ("Viewed individually and in isolation, any of these facts might not support a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. But viewed as a whole by a trained law enforcement officer ..., the responses were sufficient to provoke a reasonable articulable suspicion that criminal activity was afoot ....”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 247 N.C. App. 327 - State v. Castillo · State v. Nicholson

3. “[T]o detain a driver beyond the scope of the traffic stop, the officer must have the driver's consent or reasonable articulable suspicion that illegal activity is afoot.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 251 N.C. App. 297 - State v. Miller · 251 N.C. App. 829 - State v. Downey