150 N.C. App. 46 - State v. Dixon’s Empirical Analysis

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34 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A]n expert medical witness may render an opinion pursuant to Rule 702 that sexual abuse has in fact occurred if the State establishes a proper foundation, i.e. physical evidence consistent with sexual abuse. . . . However, in the absence of physical evidence to support a diagnosis of sexual abuse, expert testimony that sexual abuse has in fact occurred is not admissible because it is an impermissible opinion regarding the victim’s credibility.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 175 N.C. App. 597 - State v. Hammett · State v. Knolton

2. “[e]xpert opinion testimony is not admissible to establish the credibility of the victim as a witness.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Knolton · 255 N.C. App. 859 - State v. Surratt

3. “are consistent with a child who's been sexually abused.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Knolton · State v. Latham