159 N.C. App. 143 - State v. Bellamy’s Empirical Analysis

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35 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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he question in an armed robbery case is whether a person's life was in fact endangered or threatened by defendant's possession, use or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, not whether the victim was scared or in fear of his life.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 165 N.C. App. 276 - State v. Dendy · 198 N.C. App. 183 - State v. Porter

2. “[A]s a rule of practice, counsel who seek to rely upon an alleged impropriety in the jury selection process must provide the reviewing court with the relevant portions of the transcript of the jury voir dire.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 196 N.C. App. 518 - State v. Kingston · 159 N.C. App. 300 - State v. Shelman

3. “Defendant did not object to this testimony at trial, nor has she challenged it on appeal. Thus, it cannot be said that, had the trial court intervened on re-direct examination, the jury probably would have reached a different verdict. This assignment of error is overruled. By her sixth assignment of error, Defendant argues the trial court committed plain error in allowing Dr. Brown to testify that it”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 191 N.C. App. 401 - State v. McGrady