1 N.C. App. 145 - State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

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25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The general rule followed in the majority of jurisdictions is stated in 53 Am. Jur., Trial, § 128, p. 112, as follows: ‘The trial judge possesses wide discretionary powers relative to the reopening of a criminal case for the introduction of further evidence after the parties have rested. In his discretion, a criminal case may be reopened for the reception of additional evidence after the case has been submitted to the jury and before their retirement to deliberate on their verdict, and according to the weight of authority, it lies within the sound discretion of the trial court to reopen a criminal case for the reception of additional evidence even after the jury has retired to deliberate on their verdict.’ The North Carolina Supreme Court adheres to this rule and has stated that the trial court has discretionary power to permit the introduction of additional evidence after a party has rested, State v. Coffey, 255 N.C. 293 , 121 S.E. 2d 736 , and even after the argument has begun. State v. Jackson, 265 N.C. 558 , 144 S.E. 2d 584 . As stated in State v. Jackson, supra, ‘The trial court had discretionary power to permit the introduction of additional evidence after both parties had rested and arguments had been made to the jury.’ ””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Neely · 19 N.C. App. 440 - State v. Hudson