State v. . Jenkins’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When the case was called for argument the defendant's counsel filed a motion for a new trial upon the ground of newly discovered evidence. The motion must be denied. In numerous decisions this Court has held that a new trial will not be awarded in a criminal action for newly-discovered evidence; and in S. v. Lilliston , 141 N.C. 857 , the Chief Justice said: `So that point is settled, if the uniform practice of this Court and its repeated and uniform decisions to the same effect can settle anything.' S. v. Register , 133 N.C. 747 ; S. v. Turner , 143 N.C. 641 ; S. v. Ice Co. , 166 N.C. 403 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. . Williams

2. “An issue of fact was thus joined between the State and the defendant, and the court properly submitted to the jury the question of the defendant's guilt. In S. v. Carlson , 171 N.C. 823 , it is said: `The motion to nonsuit requires that we should ascertain merely whether there is evidence to sustain the allegations in the indictment. The same rule applies as in civil cases, and the evidence must receive the most favorable construction in favor of the State for the purpose of determining its legal sufficiency to convict, leaving its weight to be passed upon by the jury.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. . Williams