196 N.C. App. 109 - State v. Castaneda’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

42 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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A]n error in jury instructions is prejudicial and requires a new trial only if 'there is a reasonable possibility that, had the error in question not been committed, a different result would have been reached at the trial out of which the appeal arises.'”

   11 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 253 N.C. App. 574 - State v. Martinez · 246 N.C. App. 658 - State v. Hallum

2. ““It has long been held in this State that even the slightest intimation from a judge as to the strength of the evidence, or as to the credibility of a witness, will always have great weight -with a jury; and, therefore, the court must be careful to see that neither party is unduly prejudiced by any expression from the bench which is likely to prevent a fair and impartial trial.””

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

3. “unfortunately inadvertently erred such that the trial court resolved the disputed issue of fact for the jury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 203 N.C. App. 374 - State v. MASSENBURG