117 N.C. App. 255 - State v. Locklear’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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “it was the fact that another felony was committed, not its specific date, which was the essential question in the habitual felon indictment.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Forte · 167 N.C. App. 109 - State v. Whittenburg

2. “Now, Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, at this point I would give you a limited instruction regarding this evidence you’ve just heard. The mere fact that the court has requested and required the defendant to demonstrate her voice to you in no way is indicative of any fact that she may have been present on that occasion or that she made any statements like that on that occasion. In other words, it was merely for the purpose of illustrating and demonstrating her voice to the witness in this case and to you members of the jury, that is, to provide a voice exemplar or example for the witness to compare her memory against. And it is in no way indicative of any substantive fact that occurred on that day. The witness — -the defendant in this case has not testified and her statement of those words, as requested by the court, is no testimony at all. If you understand this limiting instruction, please raise your hand.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 129 N.C. App. 13 - State v. Thompson

3. “any change in the indictment which would substantially alter the charge set forth in the indictment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Forte