196 N.C. App. 180 - State v. Dean’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he plain error rule may not be applied on a cumulative basis, but rather a defendant must show that each individual error rises to the level of plain error.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 N.C. App. 678 - State v. Alarcon · 199 N.C. App. 320 - State v. Whitley

2. “places a much heavier burden upon the defendant than that imposed by [N.C. Gen. Stat.] § 15A-1443 upon defendants who have preserved their rights by timely objection. This is so in part at least because the defendant could have prevented any error by making a timely objection.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 199 N.C. App. 320 - State v. Whitley

3. “error was so fundamental that, absent the error, the jury probably would have reached a different result.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 199 N.C. App. 320 - State v. Whitley