148 N.C. App. 141 - State v. Sams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To act in concert means to act in conjunction with another according to a common plan or purpose. It is unnecessary to show that defendant committed “any particular act constituting at least part of a crime in order to be convicted of that crime under the concerted action principle so long as he is present at the scene of the crime and the evidence is sufficient to show he is acting together with another who does the acts necessary to constitute the crime pursuant to a common plan or purpose to commit the crime.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 162 N.C. App. 277 - State v. Lewis

2. “A motion to dismiss is proper when the State fails to present substantial evidence of each element of the crime charged. See State v. McDowell, 329 N.C. 363, 389 , 407 S.E.2d 200, 214 (1991). ‘Substantial evidence is evidence from which any rational trier of fact could find the fact to be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.’ State v. Sumpter, 318 N.C. 102, 108 , 347 S.E.2d 396, 399 (1986).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 167 N.C. App. 696 - State v. Jenkins