167 N.C. App. 215 - State v. Bethea’s Empirical Analysis

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14 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. “[T]o prove malice in second-degree murder prosecutions involving automobile accidents, it is necessary for the State to prove only that defendant had the intent to perform the act of driving in such a reckless manner as reflects knowledge that injury or death would likely result, thus evidencing depravity of mind.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Solomon · 251 N.C. App. 463 - State v. Lail

2. “[drove] with a revoked license, fled to elude law enforcement officers, sped through a red light and several stop signs, drove at speeds up to one hundred miles per hour, crossed into the oncoming traffic lane several times, and turned his car lights off on dark rural roads, decreasing his own visibility and making his car extremely difficult to see, while traveling at speeds between ninety and ninety-five miles per hour.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 216 N.C. App. 377 - State v. Pierce

3. “Proximate cause is defined “as a cause: (1) which, in a natural and continuous sequence and unbroken by any new and independent cause, produces an injury; (2) without which the injury would not have occurred; and (3) from which a person of ordinary prudence could have reasonably foreseen that such a result, or some similar injurious result, was probable under the facts as they existed.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 213 N.C. App. 114 - State v. Norman