116 N.C. App. 390 - State v. O'NEAL’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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. “The trial court may determine the question of capacity with or without a jury. When proceeding without a jury, the trial court’s findings of fact are conclusive on appeal when there is competent evidence to support them, even if there is evidence to the contrary. The trial court has not erred if it does not make findings of fact where the evidence would compel the ruling made, but the better practice is to make findings and conclusions.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 193 N.C. App. 458 - State v. Coley · 221 N.C. App. 509 - State v. Robinson

2. “[I]n the present case where defendant pled guilty, we may not consider this assignment of error unless we treat his appeal as a writ of certiorari with respect to this assignment of error. Given the life sentence imposed upon defendant, we elect to treat the appeal as a petition for a writ of certiorari.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 243 N.C. App. 746 - State v. Ledbetter

3. “[g]enerally, a defendant who has entered a plea of guilty to a felony is not entitled to appellate review as a matter of right.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 243 N.C. App. 746 - State v. Ledbetter