206 N.C. App. 109 - State v. Headen’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. “"To allow for appellate review, the trial court must make specific findings of fact at each stage of the Batson inquiry that it reaches." This Court " must uphold the trial court's findings unless they are 'clearly erroneous.' " Under this standard, the fact finder's choice between two permissible views of the evidence "cannot" be considered clearly erroneous. We reverse "only" when, after reviewing the entire record, we are "left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 262 N.C. App. 89 - State v. Bennett

2. “the requirement under Batson is purposeful discrimination; disparate impact is not sufficient. In other words, a defendant must demonstrate that the State intentionally challenged the prospective juror based on his or her race. It is not enough that the effect of the challenge was to eliminate all or some African-American jurors.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 212 N.C. App. 516 - State v. Carter

3. “must uphold the trial court's findings unless they are 'clearly erroneous.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 262 N.C. App. 89 - State v. Bennett