157 N.C. App. 568 - State v. Partridge’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[possession of more than one and one-half ounces of marijuana is thus an essential element of the crime of felony possession of marijuana. Therefore, because the indictment charging defendant failed to allege defendant was in possession of more than one and one-half ounces, the trial court was without jurisdiction to allow defendant to be convicted of felony possession of marijuana.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Land

2. “The jurors for the State upon their oath present that on or about the date(s) of offense shown and in the county named above ... [D]efendant named above unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously did sell to T. SHIVER a controlled substance, Cocaine, which is included in Schedule II of the North Carolina Controlled Substances Act.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 253 N.C. App. 239 - State v. Hill

3. “North Carolina law has long provided that there can be no trial, conviction, or punishment for a crime without a formal and sufficient accusation. In the absence of an accusation the court acquires no jurisdiction whatsoever, and if it assumes jurisdiction a trial and conviction are a nullity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 253 N.C. App. 239 - State v. Hill