148 N.C. App. 282 - State v. Beckham’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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “comes into play only on a finding of scienter.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 165 N.C. App. 609 - State Ex Rel. Albright v. Arellano · 200 N.C. App. 664 - State v. Vogt

2. “the mere presence of a [deterrent quality] is insufficient to render a sanction criminal [because] deterrence may serve civil, as well as criminal goals,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 200 N.C. App. 664 - State v. Vogt · 200 N.C. App. 123 - State v. Morrow

3. “whether the sanction promotes the `traditional aims of punishment — retribution and deterrence.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 200 N.C. App. 664 - State v. Vogt · 200 N.C. App. 123 - State v. Morrow