137 N.C. App. 553 - State v. Salters’s Empirical Analysis

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16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “that special interest does not extend to a caretaker of the property even where the caretaker had actual possession”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 243 N.C. App. 563 - State v. Campbell · 257 N.C. App. 739 - State v. Campbell

2. “In North Carolina our courts have been clear that: The general law has been that the indictment in a larceny case must allege a person who has a property interest in the property stolen and that the State must prove that that person has ownership, meaning title to the property or some special property interest. If the person alleged in the indictment to have a property interest in the stolen property is not the owner or special owner of it, there is a fatal variance entitling defendant to a nonsuit. Furthermore, although the law acknowledges that a parent has a special custodial interest in the property of his minor child kept in the parent's residence, that special interest does not extend to a caretaker of the property even where the caretaker had actual possession.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 254 N.C. App. 463 - State v. Bacon

3. ““[n] either . . . statute nor [case law] requires that the evidence be direct; rather, the evidence must be substantial. It is well-established in the appellate courts of this State that jurors may rely on circumstantial evidence to the same degree as they rely on direct evidence. The law makes no distinction between the weight to be given to either direct or circumstantial evidence. Rather, ‘the law requires only that the jury shall be fully satisfied of the truth of the charge.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 151 N.C. App. 317 - State v. Jones