153 N.C. App. 326 - State v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[T]he trial court is not . . . obligated to give a lesser[-]included instruction if there is ‘no evidence giving rise to a reasonable inference to dispute the State’s contention.’ ” “The mere possibil ity that a jury might reject part of the prosecution’s evidence does not require submission of a lesser[-]included offense.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 162 N.C. App. 632 - State v. Dickens

2. “An intent to commit larceny at the time of the breaking or entering may be inferred from the defendant's conduct and other circumstances shown by the evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 261 N.C. App. 773 - State v. Barnard