135 N.C. App. 722 - State v. Cody’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
September 2018
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Irwin · State v. Joyner · State v. . Gibson · State v. Searles · State v. McFadden
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n instruction on ... acting in concert is proper when the State presents evidence tending to show the defendant was present at the scene of the crime and acted together with another who did acts necessary to constitute the crime pursuant to a common plan or purpose to commit the crime.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“A motion to dismiss based on insufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction must be denied if, when viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, there is substantial evidence to establish each essential element of the crime charged and that defendant was the perpetrator of the crime.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“For a defendant to be guilty of a crime it is not necessary that the defendant do all of the acts necessary to constitute the crime. If two or more persons join in a common purpose to commit larceny, each of them, if actually or constructively present, is guilty of the crime. A defendant is not guilty of a crime merely because the defendant is present at the scene, even though the defendant may silently approve of the crime or secretly intend to assist in its commission. To be guilty the defendant must aide or actively encourage the person committing the crime or in some way communicate to another person the defendant's intention to assist in its commission.”
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.