150 N.C. App. 416 - State v. Frazier’s Empirical Analysis

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18 state decisions

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

1. “[t]he use or threatened use of a dangerous weapon”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 249 N.C. App. 383 - State v. Clevinger · 167 N.C. App. 656 - State v. Hobbs

2. “(1) an unlawful taking or an attempt to take personal property from the person or in the presence of another, (2) by use or threatened use of a firearm or other dangerous weapon, (3) whereby the life of a person is endangered or threatened.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 167 N.C. App. 656 - State v. Hobbs · State v. Lopes

3. “that the instrument is 'an inoperative firearm incapable of threatening or endangering the life of the victim[,]' it is 'for the jury to determine the nature of the weapon.' " Frazier , 150 N.C. App. at 419 , 562 S.E.2d at 913 (alteration in original) (quoting State v. Allen , 317 N.C. 119 , 125-26, 343 S.E.2d 893 , 897 (1986) ). "In such a case, instruction on the lesser included offense of common law robbery should also be given.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Lopes