162 N.C. App. 333 - State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 10 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the action was for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire, may be inferred from the evidence of the defendant's actions.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 167 N.C. App. 807 - State v. Gurganious · 169 N.C. App. 214 - State v. Stanford

2. “nothing in the record indicates defendant's actions emanated from a desire or purpose to arouse or gratify sexual desire.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 167 N.C. App. 807 - State v. Gurganious · 166 N.C. App. 762 - State v. TOSTER

3. “Defendant's purpose for committing such act is the gravamen of this offense....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 169 N.C. App. 214 - State v. Stanford