208 N.C. App. 506 - State v. Hunter’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “[W]e examine the evidence ... in the light most favorable to the State[.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 259 N.C. App. 650 - State v. Cox · 249 N.C. App. 415 - State v. Downey

2. “Under these circumstances, we hold that the prosecutor's statement, which was further clarified, was not in violation of the law or calculated to mislead or prejudice the jury. Exercising an abundance of caution, the trial court sustained defense counsel's objection and the prosecutor clarified what he meant. Defendant contends that the trial court erred in failing to give a curative instruction to the jury after sustaining defense counsel's objection. We reject this argument because the North Carolina Supreme Court and this Court have held”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 248 N.C. App. 403 - State v. Gordon

3. “In reviewing the denial of a motion to suppress, we examine the evidence introduced at trial in the light most favorable to the State ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 261 N.C. App. 235 - State v. Degraphenreed