130 N.C. App. 113 - State v. Rich’s Empirical Analysis

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40 state decisions

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

1. “a conviction occurring in a jurisdiction other than North Carolina is classified as a Class I felony if the jurisdiction in which the offense occurred classifies the offense as a felony. . . . If the State proves by the preponderance of the evidence that an offense classified as either a misdemeanor or a felony in the other jurisdiction is substantially similar to an offense in North Carolina that is classified as a Class I felony or higher, the conviction is treated as that class of felony for assigning prior record level points.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 169 N.C. App. 548 - State v. Ayscue · State v. Claxton

2. “sufficient to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the crimes of which [a] defendant was convicted in those states were substantially similar to classified crimes in North Carolina for purposes of G.S. § 15A-1340.14(e).”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Sanders · 195 N.C. App. 131 - State v. Lundy

3. “[a] ‘copy’, includes ‘a paper writing containing a reproduction of a record maintained electronically on a computer or other data processing equipment. . . .’ N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1340.14(f). The computerized record contained sufficient identifying information with respect to defendant to give it the indicia of reliability. Thus, we believe use of the printout to prove defendant’s prior convictions was proper under G.S. § 15A-1340.14(f)(3) and, in addition, under G.S. § 15A-1340.14(f)(4).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 202 N.C. App. 753 - State v. Best