123 N.C. App. 240 - State v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

32 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] court of record has the inherent power to make its records speak the truth and, to that end, to amend its records to correct clerical mistakes or supply defects or omissions therein.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 191 N.C. App. 181 - State v. Veazey · 202 N.C. App. 149 - State v. Millsap

2. “impermissibly corrected a judicial error”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 263 N.C. App. 595 - State v. Terrell · 233 N.C. App. 386 - State v. Price

3. “The Jury returns into open court with its verdict and finds the defendant Guilty of Felonious Breaking and Entering, Larceny, and Possession of Stolen Goods. Motion is made by the State to Arrest Judgment as to Possession of Stolen Goods. Motion is allowed. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED by the Court to Arrest Judgment as to Possession of Stolen Goods.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 233 N.C. App. 386 - State v. Price