161 N.C. App. 595 - State v. MacK’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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

1. “heavy burden of proving the trial judge's remarks deprived him of a fair trial and caused a prejudicial effect on the outcome.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 172 N.C. App. 464 - State v. Wright · 166 N.C. App. 518 - State v. Monk

2. “A killing is premeditated if “the defendant formed the specific intent to kill the victim some period of time, however short, before the actual killing.” A killing is deliberate if the defendant acted “in a cool state of blood, in furtherance of a fixed design for revenge or to accomplish an unlawful purpose and not under the influence of a violent passion, suddenly aroused by lawful or just cause or legal provocation.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 201 N.C. App. 233 - State v. Stitt

3. “In evaluating whether a judge’s comments cross into the realm of impermissible opinion, a totality of the circumstances test is utilized. Unless it is apparent that such infraction of the rules might reasonably have had a prejudicial effect on the result of the trial, the error will be considered harmless.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 173 N.C. App. 43 - State v. Bethea