167 N.C. App. 582 - State v. Carter’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. “(1) whether the sentence is supported by the evidence (if the minimum term of imprisonment does not fall within the presumptive range); (2) whether the sentence results from an incorrect finding of the defendant's prior record level under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1340.14 or the defendant's prior conviction level under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1340.21; (3) whether the sentence constitutes a type of sentence not authorized by N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1340.17 or § 15A-1340.23 for the defendant's class of offense and prior record or conviction level; (4) whether the trial court improperly denied the defendant's motion to suppress; and (5) whether the trial court improperly denied the defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea.”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 184 N.C. App. 736 - State v. Evans · 170 N.C. App. 601 - State v. Brown

2. “made knowingly and voluntarily . . . [as] the trial court conducted the inquiry set out in N.C. Gen.Stat. § 15A-1022”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re DJM · 181 N.C. App. 126 - In re D.J.M.

3. “In North Carolina, a defendant's right to appeal in a criminal proceeding is purely a creation of state statute.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 191 N.C. App. 401 - State v. Pace