135 N.C. App. 13 - State v. Lundy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) being present at the scene of the crime, and (2) acting together with another person who commits the acts necessary to constitute the crime pursuant to a common plan or purpose.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 201 N.C. App. 591 - State v. Carbajal · 159 N.C. App. 312 - State v. Poag

2. “A defendant acts in concert with another to commit a crime when he acts in harmony or in conjunction with another pursuant to a common criminal plan or purpose.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 N.C. App. 384 - State v. Porter · 201 N.C. App. 591 - State v. Carbajal

3. “From these instructions, the jury could reasonably infer that more than “mere presence” was necessary to find that defendant Evans acted in concert with defendant Lundy. The trial judge made it abundantly clear that to convict defendant Evans of second-degree murder under the theory that he “acted in concert” with defendant Lundy, the jury had to find beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant Evans joined in or shared a common plan with defendant Lundy to commit the offense. We, therefore, hold that the trial court’s instruction on the doctrine of “acting in concert” was without legal error.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Mason