155 N.C. App. 120 - State v. Holliman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

48 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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “where a theory argued on appeal was not raised before the trial court, the law does not permit parties to swap horses between courts in order to get a better mount in the appellate courts.”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 254 N.C. App. 362 - Bentley v. Jonathan Piner Constr. · State v. Fuller

2. “In order to preserve a question for appellate review, a party must have presented to the trial court a timely request, objection or motion, stating the specific grounds for the ruling the party desired the court to make if the specific grounds were not apparent from the context.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 261 N.C. App. 724 - State v. Vann · 181 N.C. App. 196 - State v. Shelly

3. “The elements need only be alleged to the extent that the indictment (1) identifies the offense; (2) protects against double jeopardy; (3) enables the defendant to prepare for trial; and (4) supports a judgment on conviction.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 169 N.C. App. 137 - State v. Winslow · 253 N.C. App. 239 - State v. Hill