154 N.C. App. 496 - State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “with his wife and Defendant ordered Harris to back off. Harris initially backed off, but then placed his hand in the left pocket of his baggy pants. Defendant then reached for a gun that was in the back of the truck. Harris began to advance toward Defendant and his wife moving his hand in his pocket. When Harris' hand reached the top of the pocket, Defendant fired one shot which killed Harris. Defendant further testified that at the time he feared for the safety of his wife, his grandson and himself.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 194 N.C. App. 754 - State v. Moore

2. “[t]he trial court's failure to include such an instruction in its final mandate to the jury [is] prejudicial error and entitles defendant to a new trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 165 N.C. App. 278 - State v. Wardlaw

3. “cured by the discussion of the law of self-defense in the body of the charge.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 165 N.C. App. 278 - State v. Wardlaw