173 N.C. App. 112 - State v. Goblet’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “sufficient to persuade a rational juror to accept a particular conclusion.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 203 N.C. App. 373 - State v. BELTRAN-PONCE · 191 N.C. App. 422 - State v. Lawrence

2. “In ruling on a motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence, the court must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the State and every reasonable inference drawn from the evidence must be afforded to the State.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 191 N.C. App. 422 - State v. Lawrence · 199 N.C. App. 755 - State v. Cumbee

3. “The control of the arguments of counsel largely is left up to the discretion of the trial court and the propriety of counsel's remarks generally will not be reviewed unless the remarks are extreme or clearly intended to prejudice the jury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 188 N.C. App. 167 - State v. Mintz