188 N.C. App. 508 - State v. Duncan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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. “[i]f an ineffective assistance of counsel claim is prematurely brought, this Court may dismiss the claim without prejudice, allowing the defendant to reassert the claim during a subsequent motion for appropriate relief proceeding.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Streater · 198 N.C. App. 682 - State v. Potter

2. “' guaranteed under the Sixth Amendment; and (2) prejudiced defendant's defense to such an extent that the trial was unfair and the result unreliable.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Streater · 197 N.C. App. 232 - State v. Keaton

3. “Counsel is given wide latitude in matters of strategy, and the burden to show that counsel's performance fell short of the required standard is a heavy one for defendant to bear.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 197 N.C. App. 232 - State v. Keaton