182 N.C. App. 88 - State v. Hill’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “if two or more persons join in a purpose to commit a crime, each person is responsible for all unlawful acts committed by the other persons as long as those acts are committed in furtherance of the crime's common purpose.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Kelly · State v. Kingsberry

2. “'[t]he theory of acting in concert does not require an express agreement between the parties.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jimenez · 262 N.C. App. 313 - State v. Guy

3. “A victim of common law robbery is necessarily put in fear by the violence or threat of the defendant. However, when there is an actual danger or threat to the victim’s life — by the possession, use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon — the defendant may be charged and convicted of armed robbery rather than common law robbery.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 198 N.C. App. 183 - State v. Porter