151 N.C. App. 236 - State v. McDonald’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he evidence is to be considered in the light most favorable to the State; the State is entitled to every reasonable intendment and every reasonable inference to be drawn therefrom; contradictions and discrepancies are for the jury to resolve and do not warrant dismissal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 153 N.C. App. 671 - State v. Keitt · 197 N.C. App. 738 - State v. Davis

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

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 153 N.C. App. 671 - State v. Keitt · 159 N.C. App. 588 - State v. Locklear

3. “A motion to dismiss is properly denied if there is substantial evidence (1) of each essential element of the offense charged and (2) that defendant is the perpetrator of the offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 153 N.C. App. 671 - State v. Keitt