210 N.C. App. 52 - State v. Wright’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. “In determining whether a trial court erred in denying a motion to continue, we have considered the following factors: (1) the diligence of the defendant in preparing for trial and requesting the continuance, (2) the detail and effort with which the defendant communicates to the court the expected evidence or testimony, (3) the materiality of the expected evidence to the defendant’s case, and (4) the gravity of the harm defendant might suffer as a result of a denial of the continuance.”

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

2. “[i]f the State proves by the preponderance of the evidence that an offense classified as either a misdemeanor or a felony in the other jurisdiction is substantially similar to an offense in North Carolina that is classified as a Class I felony or higher, the conviction is treated as that class of felony for assigning prior record level points.”

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

3. “the State failed to demonstrate the substantial similarity of [d]efendant's out-of-state convictions to North Carolina crimes and since the trial court failed to determine [that] the out-of-state convictions were substantially similar to North Carolina offenses, we must remand for resentencing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 244 N.C. App. 760 - State v. Springle