150 N.C. App. 138 - State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““An injury is inflicted intentionally when the person who caused it intended to apply the force by which it was caused. Intent is a mental attitude seldom provable by direct evidence. It must ordinarily be proved by circumstances from which it may be inferred. An intent to apply force to the body of another may be inferred from [the act itself,] [the nature of the injury,] [the conduct or declarations of the person who applied it, or] [other relevant circumstances].””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 153 N.C. App. 756 - State v. Carter

2. “'such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 175 N.C. App. 796 - State v. Shue