165 N.C. App. 447 - State v. Sakobie’s Empirical Analysis

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19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “recognize that a civil label is not always dispositive, [and] we will reject the legislature’s manifest intent only where a party challenging the statute provides the clearest proof that the statutory scheme is so punitive either in purpose or effect as to negate the State’s intention to deem it civil[.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 197 N.C. App. 461 - State v. Bare · 221 N.C. App. 48 - State v. Hunt

2. “The following punishments only shall be known to the laws of this State: death, imprisonment, fines, suspension of a jail or prison term with or without conditions, restitution, community service, restraints on liberty, work programs, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under this State.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 221 N.C. App. 48 - State v. Hunt

3. “the legislature did not intend that the provisions of Article 27A [to] be punitive [and] ... the effects of North Carolina's registration law do not negate the General Assembly's expressed civil intent and that retroactive application of Article 27A does not violate the prohibitions against ex post facto laws.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 255 N.C. App. 749 - In re Bethea