213 N.C. App. 526 - State v. Leonard’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Defendant's violation of N.C.G.S. § 20-138.1, which prohibits drivers from operating motor vehicles while under the influence of impairing substances, need not be the only proximate cause of a victim's injury in order for defendant to be found criminally liable; a showing that defendant's action of driving while under the influence was one of the proximate causes is sufficient.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Altman · 253 N.C. App. 306 - State v. Cox

2. “THE JURORS FOR THE STATE UPON THEIR OATH PRESENT that on or about the 12th day of December, 2007, in the County named above the defendant named above unlawfully, willfully and feloniously did assault and strike a handicapped person by throwing Carol Bradley Collins across a room and onto the floor and by striking her with a crutch on the arm. In the course of the assault the defendant used a deadly weapon, a crutch. This act was in violation of North Carolina General Statutes section 14-17.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 221 N.C. App. 604 - State v. Collins

3. “[E]ven if defendant's willful attempt to elude arrest was a cause of [the] injury, defendant's driving under the influence could also be a proximate cause.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Doe v. United States