185 N.C. App. 115 - State v. Burke’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The evidence should be considered in the light most favorable to the State, and the State is entitled to all reasonable inferences which may be drawn from the evidence. Any contradictions or discrepancies arising from the evidence are properly left for the jury to resolve and do not warrant dismissal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 255 N.C. App. 168 - State v. Williams

2. “it is well recognized that a trial judge has a duty to question a witness in order to clarify his testimony or to elicit overlooked pertinent facts. Likewise, it is ‘well settled’ that a trial judge may question witnesses in the interests of supervising and controlling the course of a trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 188 N.C. App. 790 - State v. Ware

3. “Assignments of error . . . in support of which no reason or argument is stated or authority cited, will be taken as abandoned.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 186 N.C. App. 681 - State v. Sparks