151 N.C. App. 711 - State v. Dudley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “When ruling on a defendant's motion to dismiss a criminal action, the trial court is to determine whether there is substantial evidence (a) of each essential element of the offense charged, or of a lesser offense included therein, and (b) of defendant's being the perpetrator of the offense. If so, the motion to dismiss is properly denied.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 185 N.C. App. 160 - State v. Hardie

2. “[I]f the State secures an indictment for the underlying felony and a defendant is convicted of both the underlying felony and felony murder, the defendant will only be sentenced for the murder. The underlying felony must be arrested under the merger rule.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 167 N.C. App. 371 - State v. Barrow

3. “that amount of relevant evidence that a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 185 N.C. App. 160 - State v. Hardie