189 N.C. App. 408 - State v. Tyson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the three judgments were prima facie evidence that the defendant named in those judgments was the same Defendant as in the current case.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 193 N.C. App. 753 - State v. Brannon · 197 N.C. App. 403 - State v. STUDIVENT

2. “[A] plea agreement "is markedly different from an ordinary commercial contract” because by pleading guilty, a defendant waives many constitutional rights. Therefore, according to the United States Supreme Court, the plea bargain phase of the process of criminal justice, and the adjudicative element inherent in accepting a plea of guilty, must be attended by safeguards to insure the defendant what is reasonably due in the circumstances.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Loveless v. State

3. “is markedly different from an ordinary commercial contract.” (Br. of Appellant at 9.) It is. But that decision so holds because a party to a plea agreement is entitled to greater protection than is a party to a commercial contract: [A] plea agreement”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Loveless v. State