183 N.C. App. 281 - State v. Rushdan’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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

1. “(1) clarifying whether a witness was involved in her bond-setting process; (2) clarifying that it would be customary for a detective to report whether defendant denied committing the offenses; (3) stating, “all right,” after a detective’s testimony; (4) correcting himself when he stated [the defendant’s friend’s] mother would help pay for an attorney instead of [defendant’s friend’s] mother would help pay for a car; (5) asking about the tone of the recorded telephone conversation between defendant and [her friend]; and (6) stating, “I know,” after defendant explained the Belk’s merchandise was new and not worn.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 196 N.C. App. 394 - State v. McNeil

2. “The judge may not express during any stage of the trial, any opinion in the presence of the jury on any question of fact to be decided by the jury. In evaluating whether a judge’s comments cross into the realm of impermissible opinion, a totality of the circumstances test is utilized.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 185 N.C. App. 115 - State v. Burke