State v. Otto’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

45 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “must be based on specific and articulable facts, as well as the rational inferences from those facts, as viewed through the eyes of a reasonable, cautious officer, guided by his experience and training.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 259 N.C. App. 650 - State v. Cox · 258 N.C. App. 643 - State v. Jones

2. “[a] court must consider the totality of the circumstances-the whole picture in determining whether a reasonable suspicion exists”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 258 N.C. App. 643 - State v. Jones · 249 N.C. App. 493 - State v. Eldridge

3. “[b]oth the United States and North Carolina Constitutions protect against unreasonable searches and seizures.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 251 N.C. App. 610 - State v. Evans · State v. Nicholson