164 N.C. App. 1 - State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

38 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If the jury after retiring for deliberation requests a review of certain testimony or other evidence, the jurors must be conducted to the courtroom. The judge in his discretion, after notice to the prosecutor and defendant, may direct that requested parts of the testimony be read to the jury and may permit the jury to reexamine in open court the requested materials admitted into evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 250 N.C. App. 698 - State v. Lyons · 196 N.C. App. 22 - State v. Long

2. “a [defendant's] conviction hinges in large part on the credibility of an alleged accomplice who testifies at trial[.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 250 N.C. App. 698 - State v. Lyons · 202 N.C. App. 149 - State v. Gainey

3. “[and] we don't have anything that can bring it back there to you”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 N.C. App. 384 - State v. Lester · 196 N.C. App. 22 - State v. Long