140 N.C. App. 597 - State v. Nichols’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If the superior court finds that a judgment, ruling, or order dismissing criminal charges in the district court was in error, it must reinstate the charges and remand the matter to district court for further proceedings. The defendant may appeal this order to the appellate division as in the case of other orders of the superior court, including by an interlocutory appeal if the defendant, or his attorney, certifies to the superior court judge who entered the order that the appeal is not taken for the purpose of delay and if the judge finds the cause is appropriately justiciable in the appellate division as an interlocutory matter.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 165 N.C. App. 256 - State v. Smith

2. “An order is interlocutory if it does not determine the issues in an action, but instead merely directs some further proceeding preliminary to the final decree.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 186 N.C. App. 680 - State v. Leskiw

3. “The right to appeal in a criminal proceeding is purely statutory.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 166 N.C. App. 518 - State v. Vinson