209 N.C. App. 682 - State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When preserved by an objection, a trial court's decision with regard to the admission of evidence alleged to be hearsay is reviewed de novo .”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 257 N.C. App. 790 - State v. Cromartie · State v. Bennett

2. “'Hearsay' is a statement, other than one made by the declarant while testifying at the trial or hearing, offered in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Bennett · 253 N.C. App. 322 - State v. Harris

3. “[a] witness's prior consistent statements [are] admitted to corroborate the witness's courtroom testimony. Corroborative testimony is testimony which tends to strengthen, confirm, or make more certain the testimony of another witness. Prior statements admitted for corroborative purposes are not to be received as substantive evidence. [I]f the previous statements offered in corroboration are generally consistent with the witness' testimony, slight variations between them will not render the statements inadmissible. Such variations affect only the credibility of the evidence which is always for the jury. .... In a noncapital case, where portions of a statement corroborate and other portions are incompetent because they do not corroborate, the defendant must specifically object to the incompetent portions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Bennett