146 N.C. App. 292 - State v. Muhammad’s Empirical Analysis

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26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[c]ases since Fulcher have held that the key question is whether the kidnapping charge is supported by evidence from which a jury could reasonably find that the necessary restraint for kidnapping exposed the victim to greater danger than that inherent in the underlying felony itself.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 191 N.C. App. 252 - State v. Calhoun · State v. Hunt

2. “[A] conviction for kidnapping does not violate . . . double jeopardy where . . . the restraint is a separate, complete act, independent of and apart from the other felony.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 191 N.C. App. 252 - State v. Calhoun · 168 N.C. App. 596 - State v. Lowery

3. “Any person who shall unlawfully confine, restrain, or remove from one place to another, any other person 16 years of age . . . shall be guilty of kidnapping if such confinement, restraint or removal is for the purpose of: (2) Facilitating the commission of any felony or facilitating flight of any person following the commission of a felony. . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 168 N.C. App. 596 - State v. Lowery