193 N.C. App. 569 - State v. Ash’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 evidence presented at trial did not warrant a voluntary intoxication instruction with respect to the robbery with a dangerous weapon charge, and it is improbable that the trial would have resulted in a different outcome if such instruction had been given. As such, defense counsel's failure to request such an instruction did not prejudice defendant and did not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel.”

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

2. “produce substantial evidence which would support a conclusion by the trial court that at the time of the crime for which he is being tried defendant's mind and reason were so completely intoxicated and overthrown as to render him utterly incapable of forming the requisite specific intent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 251 N.C. App. 886 - State v. Wilson-Angeles

3. “there was no evidence as to exactly how much [intoxicating substance] he consumed prior to the commission of the crime at issue”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 251 N.C. App. 886 - State v. Wilson-Angeles