177 N.C. App. 614 - State v. Love’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

40 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] new trial does not necessarily follow a violation of a statutory mandate. Defendants must show not only that a statutory violation occurred, but also that they were prejudiced by this violation.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 257 N.C. App. 848 - State v. Phachoumphone · 252 N.C. App. 218 - State v. Swink

2. “[W]hen a trial court acts contrary to a statutory mandate and a defendant is prejudiced thereby, the right to appeal the court's action is preserved, notwithstanding [the] defendant's failure to object at trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 252 N.C. App. 218 - State v. Swink

3. “[I]n fact defendants may have physically left the premises, but through their active intimidation, they left the victims with a constructive presence”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 258 N.C. App. 306 - State v. Harding