145 N.C. App. 409 - State v. Wardrett’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A statement which was at the time of its making so far contrary to the declarant’s pecuniary or proprietary interest, or so far tended to subject him to civil or criminal liability, or to render invalid a claim by him against another, that a reasonable man in his position would not have made the statement unless he believed it to be true. A statement tending to expose the declar-ant to criminal liability is not admissible in a criminal case unless corroborating circumstances clearly indicate the trustworthiness of the statement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 156 N.C. App. 446 - State v. Carter

2. “determining the reliability of the declaration and the declarant by consideration of such factors as spontaneity, relationship between the accused and the declarant, existence of corroborative evidence, whether or not the declaration had been subsequently repudiated and whether or not the declaration was in fact against the penal interests of the declarant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 166 N.C. App. 177 - State v. Dewberry

3. “As with other exceptions to the hearsay exclusionary rule, the trial judge (on voir dire ) must apply a threshold test to determine in his sound discretion whether the declaration bears the indicia of trustworthiness.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 206 N.C. App. 418 - State v. Khuram Ashfaq Choudhry