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145 N.C. App. 237 - State v. Coronel’s Empirical Analysis

2001

Citation profile

27
cited by 27 later decisions
2
states following
October 2017
most recently cited

27 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Taylor v. Taintor · 140 N.C. App. 288 - In Re Huff · Matter of Huff · State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Public Staff-North Carolina Utilities Commission · 90 N.C. App. 58 - Beightol v. Beightol

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

  1. “(a) Relief Exclusive. — There is no relief from a final judgment of forfeiture except as provided in this section. (b) Reasons. — The court may grant the defendant or any surety named in the judgment relief from the judgment, for the following reasons, and none other: (1) The person seeking relief was not given notice as provided in [N.C. Gen. Stat. §] 15A-544.4. (2) Other extraordinary circumstances exist that the court, in its discretion, determines should entitle that person to relief.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “[1.] the inconvenience and cost to the State and the courts; [2.] the diligence of sureties in staying abreast of the defendant's whereabouts prior to the date of appearance and in searching for the defendant ...; [3.] [in cases where the defendant has died], the surety's diligence in obtaining information of the defendant's death...; [4.] the risk assumed by the sureties; [5.] the surety's status, be it private or professional.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “'Extraordinary circumstances' in the context of bond forfeiture has been defined as 'going beyond what is usual, regular, common, or customary ... of, relating to, or having the nature of an occurrence or risk of a kind other than what ordinary experience or prudence would foresee.'”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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