State v. Bullock’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'[A]n officer may need to take certain negligibly burdensome precautions in order to complete his mission safely.' These precautions appear to include conducting criminal history checks ....”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 259 N.C. App. 650 - State v. Cox · 258 N.C. App. 292 - State v. Campola

2. “[u]nder Rodriguez , the duration of a traffic stop must be limited to the length of time that is reasonably necessary to accomplish the mission ... unless reasonable suspicion of another crime arose before the mission was completed [.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 259 N.C. App. 650 - State v. Cox · 258 N.C. App. 292 - State v. Campola

3. “an officer ... must 'reasonably ... conclude in light of his experience that criminal activity may be afoot,'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Miller · State v. Wilson