127 N.C. App. 536 - State v. Deese’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
56
cited by 56 later decisions
1
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
56 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Ahearn · State v. Jones · State v. Canty · State v. Hines · State v. Thompson
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When a defendant assigns error to the sentence imposed by the trial court, our standard of review is 'whether [the] sentence is supported by evidence introduced at the trial and sentencing hearing.'”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage“`may take advantage of the victim's age during the actual commission of a crime against the person of the victim, or in the victim's presence, knowing that the victim, by reason of age, is unlikely to effectively intervene or defend himself.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]he policy underlying this aggravating factor is to deter wrongdoers from taking advantage of a victim because of his age or mental or physical infirmity. State v. Deese, 127 N.C. App. 536, 540 , 491 S.E.2d 682, 685 (1997). However, age should not be considered as an aggravating factor in sentencing unless it makes the defendant more blameworthy than he or she already [would be] as a result of committing a violent crime against another person.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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