144 N.C. App. 267 - State v. Bidgood’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

51 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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When the features of the earlier act are dissimilar from those of the offense with which the defendant is currently charged, such evidence lacks probative value. When otherwise similar offenses are distanced by significant stretches of time, commonalities become less striking, and the probative value of the analogy attaches less to the acts than to the character of the actor.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 173 N.C. App. 494 - State v. Moore · 199 N.C. App. 617 - State v. Spann

2. “so arbitrary that it could not have resulted from a reasoned decision.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 173 N.C. App. 494 - State v. Moore · 199 N.C. App. 617 - State v. Spann

3. “`Once the trial court determines evidence is properly admissible under Rule 404(b), it must still determine if the probative value of the evidence is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice' under Rule 403.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 167 N.C. App. 372 - State v. Head · 200 N.C. App. 436 - State v. Downey