106 N.C. App. 433 - State v. Shaw’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[Defendant is not entitled to a new trial unless the erroneous admission of this testimony prejudiced him. In determining whether a criminal defendant is prejudiced by the erroneous admission of evidence, the question is whether there is a reasonable possibility that, had the evidence not been admitted, the jury would have reached a different verdict.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 193 N.C. App. 179 - State v. Cook

2. “(1) the breaking (2) and entering (3) in the nighttime (4) into a dwelling house or a room used as a sleeping apartment (5) which is actually occupied at the time of the offense (6) with the intent to commit a felony therein”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 165 N.C. App. 276 - State v. Hooker

3. “mere denial of the charges by the defendant does not require submission of a lesser included offense[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 165 N.C. App. 276 - State v. Hooker