160 N.C. App. 19 - State v. McCree’s Empirical Analysis

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13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts is not admissible to prove the character of a person in order to show that he acted in conformity therewith. It may, however, be admissible for other purposes, such as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, or absence of mistake, entrapment or accident.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 193 N.C. App. 611 - State v. Nash

2. “Our Supreme Court has stated that the Rule 404(b) list of permissible purposes for admission of `other crimes' evidence is not exclusive, and such evidence is admissible as long as it is relevant to any fact or issue other than the defendant's propensity to commit the crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 193 N.C. App. 611 - State v. Nash

3. “Not every variance between the allegations of the [petition] and the proof presented at trial is a material variance requiring dismissal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 197 N.C. App. 598 - In Re DS