45 N.C. App. 99 - State v. Winston’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he general public, including the defendant, had implied consent and invitation to enter the office at that time.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 191 N.C. App. 552 - In Re SDR · State v. Rawlinson

2. “the defendant after entry committed acts sufficient to render the implied consent void ab initio.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 191 N.C. App. 552 - In Re SDR · 196 N.C. App. 170 - In Re SMS

3. “the office of the clerk in the Cumberland County Courthouse is a 'structure designed to house or secure within it any activity or property' within the meaning of N.C.G.S. 14-54(c) and therefore is by statutory definition a 'building' under N.C.G.S. 14-54(b).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Moss