199 N.C. App. 115 - State v. Giddens’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Our case law has long held that a witness may not vouch for the credibility of a victim.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 246 N.C. App. 737 - State v. Watts · State v. Latham

2. “For error to constitute plain error, a defendant must demonstrate that a fundamental error occurred at trial. To show that an error was fundamental, a defendant must establish prejudice-that, after examination of the entire record, the error had a probable impact on the jury's finding that the defendant was guilty. Moreover, because plain error is to be applied cautiously and only in the exceptional case, the error will often be one that seriously affects the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 246 N.C. App. 737 - State v. Watts

3. “[The DSS social worker]’s testimony that DSS had ‘substantiated’ Defendant as the perpetrator, and that the evidence she gathered caused DSS personnel to believe that the abuse alleged by the children did occur, amounted to a statement that a State agency had concluded Defendant was guilty.... Although [the DSS social worker] was not qualified as an expert witness, [the DSS social worker] is a child protective services investigator for DSS, and the jury most likely gave her opinion more weight than a lay opinion.”

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