21 N.C. App. 525 - State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““I will go over those elements for you again. Seat them in your minds because you must resolve and say whether the evidence has established that you are satisfied beyond a reasonable.doubt as to these three things: One, that the defendant intentionally discharged a shotgun into the Pontiac automobile described in the bill of indictment and evidence in the case. Two, also that the Pontiac automobile was occupied at the time that the gun was discharged; and, third and finally, that the defendant acted willfully or wantonly, which means that he had knowledge that the automobile was occupied by one or more persons or that he had reasonable ground to believe that the automobile might be occupied by one or more persons. They are the three things that are essential to constitute guilt.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Burris · 25 N.C. App. 251 - State v. Tanner

2. ““Any person who wilfully or wantonly discharges a firearm into or attempts to discharge a firearm into any building, structure, vehicle, aircraft, watercraft or other conveyance device, equipment, erection, or enclosure while it is occupied, is guilty of a felony punishable as provided in § 14-2.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Furr · State v. Swift

3. ““Members of the jury, the defendant is also charged with discharging a firearm into an occupied building. Now, I charge that for you to find the defendant guilty of discharging a firearm into occupied property, the State must prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt. First, that the defendant intentionally and without justification or excuse discharged a shotgun into the Speedway Lounge; second, that the Speedway Lounge was occupied at the time the gun was discharged; and, third, that the defendant acted willfully or wantonly, which means that he had knowledge that the Speedway Lounge was occupied by one or more persons, or that he had reasonable grounds to believe that the Speedway Lounge might be occupied by one or more persons.””

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