186 N.C. App. 373 - State v. McArthur’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
October 2014
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hankerson v. North Carolina · State v. Hankerson · State v. Chapman · State v. McAvoy · State v. Keel
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.
“If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant assaulted the victim, but not with a deadly weapon or other deadly force, and the circumstances would create a reasonable belief in the mind of ordinary firmness that the action was necessary or appeared to be necessary to protect that person from bodily injury or offensive physical contact, and the circumstances did create such a belief in the defendant’s mind at the time the defendant acted, the assault would be justified by self defense even though the defendant was not thereby put in actual danger of death or great bodily harm.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“_ guilty of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury (Whether or not you find him guilty of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, you will consider felonious assault inflicting serious bodily injury.) OR Count II: _ guilty of assault inflicting serious bodily injury (If you find him guilty of either or both of the above offenses, you will not consider whether the defendant is guilty of simple assault.) OR guilty of simple assault OR _ not guilty”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“we are required to award defendant a new trial because of the trial court’s failure to include a specific instruction directing the jury to enter a verdict of not guilty if it found that the State had failed to prove any of the elements of the charged crimes beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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