205 N.C. App. 577 - State v. Mills’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “considered through a motion for appropriate relief filed in the trial court and not on direct appeal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 256 N.C. App. 86 - State v. Curry · 254 N.C. App. 202 - State v. Perry

2. “[w]hen counsel admits his client's guilt without first obtaining the client's consent, the client's rights to a fair trial and to put the State to the burden of proof are completely swept away. The practical effect is the same as if counsel had entered a plea of guilty without the client's consent. Counsel in such situations denies the client's right to have the issue of guilt or innocence decided by a jury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 254 N.C. App. 202 - State v. Perry

3. “However, a defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim brought on direct review will be decided on the merits when the cold record reveals that no further investigation is required....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 256 N.C. App. 86 - State v. Curry