153 N.C. App. 807 - State v. Simpson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “What is forbidden—by the due process and fair trial guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Art. I, Sec. 19 of the North Carolina Constitution—is physical restraint that improperly deprives a defendant of a fair trial.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 197 N.C. App. 403 - State v. Stanback · 235 N.C. App. 384 - State v. Jackson

2. “fails to disclose that a defendant's shackles were visible to the jury, `the risk is negligible that the restraint undermined the dignity of the trial process or created prejudice in the minds of the jurors,' and the defendant will not be entitled to a new trial on that basis.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 197 N.C. App. 403 - State v. Stanback

3. “A trial judge may order a defendant or witness subjected to physical restraint in the courtroom when the judge finds the restraint to be reasonably necessary to maintain order, prevent the defendant's escape, or provide for the safety of persons.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 197 N.C. App. 403 - State v. Stanback