Ernest P. McCarver v. R. C. Lee, Warden, Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina’s Empirical Analysis

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16 federal appellate · 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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “allege additional facts that, if true, would entitle him to relief.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 454 F. Supp. 2d 475 - Call v. Polk · Fullwood v. Lee

2. “[t]he question we must ask ... is whether the particular procedural bar is applied consistently to cases that are procedurally analogous — here, cases in which the particular claim raised could have been raised previously but was not.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bacon v. Lee · Brown v. Rc Lee

3. “`is not a general rule that any claim not brought on direct appeal is forfeited on state collateral review. Instead, the rule requires North Carolina courts to determine whether the particular claim at issue could have been brought on direct review.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Hyman · State v. Thompson