138 N.C. App. 37 - State v. Krider’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 14 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. “a defendant's fists can be considered a deadly weapon depending on the manner in which they were used and the relative size and condition of the parties.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 180 N.C. App. 188 - State v. Brunson · 188 N.C. App. 167 - State v. Mintz

2. ““. . . I woke up around 12:00 RM. and DeMallon was laying on the bed like something was wrong. I asked DeMallon what was wrong with him, and he did not answer me. I became upset and angry at DeMallon and grabbed him up and shaking him and yelling, asking DeMallon what was wrong. ...” “DeMallon would not answer me, and I threw him, I thought, on the bed, but DeMallon hit the floor instead of the bed. After DeMallon hit the floor, I knew I had done something wrong. . . .” . . I had gotten angry at DeMallon before and threw DeMallon around. I have also gotten angry at DeMallon and would bite DeMallon on his cheeks and body ... I would get so angry that DeMallon was scared of me. .. .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 145 N.C. App. 711 - State v. Krider

3. “[t]he size of both the actor and his victim are important factors in the determination of whether or not hands are deadly weapons.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. Bowe