200 N.C. App. 204 - State v. Graham’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

86 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 86 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The standard of review for alleged violations of constitutional rights is de novo .”

   14 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 257 N.C. App. 790 - State v. Cromartie · 262 N.C. App. 329 - State v. Jackson

2. “[o]nce error is shown, the State bears the burden of proving the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 246 N.C. App. 640 - State v. Bonetsky · 256 N.C. App. 528 - State v. Diaz

3. “When a defendant objects to the admission of evidence, we consider, whether the evidence was admissible as a matter of law, and if so, whether the trial court abused its discretion in admitting the evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 250 N.C. App. 158 - State v. Thompson