9 N.C. App. 477 - State v. Teasley’s Empirical Analysis

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36 state decisions

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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. ““In our opinion the defendant was entitled to have the contents of the official record of the status of his driver’s license limited, if he had so requested, to the formal parts thereof, including the certification and seal, plus the fact that under official action of the Department of Motor Vehicles the defendant’s license was in a state of revocation or suspension on the date he is charged with committing the offenses for which he was being tried. “Ordinarily, where evidence admissible for some purposes, but not for all, is admitted generally, its admission will not be held for error unless the appellant requested at the time of its admission that its purpose be restricted. Rule 21, Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court, 221 N.C. 558 , General Statutes, Volume 4A, page 175, et seq; Brewer v. Brewer, 238 N.C. 607 , 78 S.E. 2d 719 ; S. v. McKinnon, 223 N.C. 160 , 25 S.E. 2d 606 ; S. v. Hendricks, 207 N.C. 873 , 178 S.E. 557 . “In the instant case, the defendant made no request that the contents of the certified record of the status of his driver’s license be limited to the portion or portions thereof relating to the status of his driver’s license on the date he was charged with committing the offenses for which he was being- tried. Hence, this assignment of error is overruled.” See also State v. Teasley, supra.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 10 N.C. App. 154 - State v. Rhodes

2. ““. . . notice [of suspension] shall be given-either by personal delivery thereof to the person to be so notified or by deposit in the United States mail of such notice in an envelope with postage prepaid, addressed to such person at his address as shown by the records of the Department [of Motor Vehicles]. The giving of notice by mail is complete upon the expiration of four days after such deposit of such notice.” G.S. 20-16(d) in pertinent part provides that: “Upon suspending the license of any person as hereinbefore in this section authorized, the Department shall immediately notify the licensee in writing and upon his request shall afford him an opportunity for a hearing, unless a preliminary hearing was held before his license was suspended, as early as practical within not to exceed 20 days after receipt of such request. . . .” G.S. 20-25 provides, in pertinent part, that: “Any person . . . whose license has been . . . suspended . . . except where each cancellation is mandatory under the provisions of the Article, shall have a right to file a petition within 30 days thereafter for a hearing in the matter in the superior court. . . .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 27 N.C. App. 445 - State v. Atwood

3. ““We hold that G.S. 20-48, which is the statute providing for the manner in which notice is to be given, is reasonably calculated to assure that notice will reach the intended party and afford him the opportunity of resisting or avoiding the proposed suspension, as well as to give him notification of the actual suspension of his operator’s license and driving privilege.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 27 N.C. App. 445 - State v. Atwood