178 N.C. App. 211 - State v. Brooks’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[w]hen [the] defendant entered the reception area of the firm, he did so with implied consent from the firm. However, [the] defendant took action which rendered this consent void ab initio when he went into areas of the firm that were not open to the public so that he could commit a theft[.]”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 181 N.C. App. 209 - State v. Perkins · 191 N.C. App. 552 - In Re SDR

2. “(1) the breaking or entering (2) of any building (3) with the intent to commit any felony or larceny therein.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Rawlinson · 258 N.C. App. 285 - State v. Allen

3. “However, the subsequent conduct of the entrant may render the consent to enter void ab initio .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Rawlinson · State v. Moss