14 N.C. App. 373 - State v. Black’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In short, defendant says that he was either guilty on both counts or not guilty on both counts. From the purely logical standpoint, this may or may not be true, but where the evidence on each separate count was sufficient to support a conviction, we are not at liberty to speculate as to why a jury may convict on one count and not on another. ‘In any event, a jury is not required to be consistent and mere inconsistency will not invalidate the verdict.’ ” State v. Black, 14 N.C. App. 373, 376, 377 , 188 S.E. 2d 634 .”

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

2. ““It is not required that the verdict be consistent; therefore, a verdict of guilty of a lesser degree of the crime when all the evidence points to the graver crime, although illogical and incongruous, or a verdict of guilty on one count and not guilty on the other, when the same act results in both offenses, will not be disturbed.””

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