127 N.C. App. 592 - State v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
December 2013
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Nebraska v. Wyoming · State v. Coffey · State v. Syriani · State v. Accor · State v. Robbins
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]f the trial court determines that a reasonable inference of the defendant's guilt may be drawn from the evidence, it must deny the defendant's motion and send the case to the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“whether there is substantial evidence of each essential element of the offense charged.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.