154 N.C. App. 332 - State v. Moses’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

42 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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a] valid bill of indictment is essential to the jurisdiction of the Superior Court to try an accused for a felony....”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Stroud · 243 N.C. App. 728 - State v. Harris

2. “[a] plain and concise factual statement in each count which, without allegations of an evidentiary nature, asserts facts supporting every element of a criminal offense and the defendant’s commis sion thereof with sufficient precision clearly to apprise the defendant or defendants of the conduct which is the subject of the accusation.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 156 N.C. App. 335 - State v. Morris · 243 N.C. App. 728 - State v. Harris

3. “An indictment is constitutionally sufficient if it identifies the offense with enough certainty 1) to enable the accused to prepare his defense, 2) to protect him from being twice put in jeopardy for the same offense, and 3) to enable the court to know what judgment to announce in the event of conviction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 156 N.C. App. 335 - State v. Morris