141 N.C. App. 596 - State v. Baldwin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

41 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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “whether the court conveyed an impression to the jury that it was irritated with them for not reaching a verdict, whether the court intimated to the jury that it would hold them until they reached a verdict, and whether the court told the jury a retrial would burden the court system if the jury did not reach a verdict.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Williams · 151 N.C. App. 430 - State v. Dexter

2. “In determining the sufficiency of the evidence [that Defendant acted with the intent to terrorize Ms. McCauley], `the test is not whether subjectively the victim was in fact terrorized, but whether the evidence supports a finding that the defendant's purpose was to terrorize [the victim.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 N.C. App. 385 - State v. Weeks · 202 N.C. App. 149 - State v. Revels

3. “The presence or absence of the defendant's intent or purpose to terrorize [] may be inferred by the fact-finder from the circumstances surrounding the events constituting the alleged crime.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 N.C. App. 385 - State v. Weeks · 202 N.C. App. 149 - State v. Revels