165 N.C. App. 279 - State v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

36 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) whether the evidence admitted was testimonial in nature; (2) whether the trial court properly ruled the declarant was unavailable; and (3) whether defendant had an opportunity to cross-examine the declarant.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 173 N.C. App. 494 - State v. Moore · 171 N.C. App. 277 - State v. English

2. “Looseness of language and dicta in judicial opinions, either silently acquiesced in or perpetuated by inadvertent repetition, often insidiously exert their influence until they result in confusing the application of the law, or themselves become crystallized into a kind of authority which the courts, without reference to true principle, are constrained to follow.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 171 N.C. App. 622 - State v. Phillips

3. “Where testimonial evidence is at issue, ... the Sixth Amendment demands what the common law required: unavailability and a prior opportunity for cross-examination.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 171 N.C. App. 277 - State v. English