191 N.C. App. 796 - State v. Oakman’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
August 2017
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Hartness · State v. Jones · State v. Eason · State v. Cummings · State v. Pierce
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"[T]he plain error rule . . . is always to be applied cautiously and only in the exceptional case where, after reviewing the entire record, it can be said the claimed error is a ` fundamental error, something so basic, so prejudicial, so lacking in its elements that justice cannot have been done,' or `where [the error] is grave error which amounts to a denial of a fundamental right of the accused[.]'"”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“A defendant who does not object to jury instructions at trial will be subject to a plain error standard of review on appeal.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“the instructional mistake had a probable impact on the jury's finding that the defendant was guilty.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.