201 N.C. App. 643 - State v. Beam’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “For a jury instruction to be required on a particular defense, there must be substantial evidence of each element of the defense when the evidence is viewed in the light most favorable to the defendant. Substantial evidence is evidence that a reasonable person would find sufficient to support a conclusion. Whether the evidence presented constitutes substantial evidence is a question of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 261 N.C. App. 664 - State v. Bice

2. “re-entered the vehicle, took the drugs out of her purse, and told [the undercover officer] to put the money on the dashboard of her vehicle”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 264 N.C. App. 204 - State v. Chevallier

3. “makes the possession, transportation[,] or delivery of a controlled substance a crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 261 N.C. App. 664 - State v. Bice