206 N.C. App. 239 - State v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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

1. “Defendant... cites no authority that precludes the district attorney from proceeding on a common law charge when a potentially applicable statutory charge is barred by the statute of limitations or could result in a lesser sentence. . . . [P]ursuant to Article IV, Section 18 of our Constitution, “ ‘the responsibility and authority to prosecute all criminal actions in the superior courts is vested solely in the several District Attorneys of the State.’ ” That authority includes “[t]he ability to be selective in determining what cases to prosecute and what charges to bring against a particular defendant[.]” The district attorney, in this case, was entitled to elect to proceed under the common law rather than under the campaign finance statutes.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 212 N.C. App. 238 - State v. Taylor

2. “Obstruction of justice is .... any act which prevents, obstructs, impedes or hinders public or legal justice.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 N.C. App. 252 - Richmond v. City of Asheville