State v. Mason’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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]f two persons join in a purpose to commit a crime, each of them, if actually or constructively present, is not only guilty as a principal if the other commits that particular crime, but he is also guilty of any other crime committed by the other in pursuance of the common purpose ... or as a natural or probable consequence thereof.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 227 N.C. App. 133 - State v. Greenlee · 231 N.C. App. 462 - State v. Rowe

2. “[d]efendant must preserve the right to appeal a fatal variance.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 243 N.C. App. 455 - State v. Jefferies · 247 N.C. App. 342 - State v. Hill

3. “The essential elements of robbery with a dangerous weapon are: (1) an unlawful taking or an attempt to take personal property from the person or in the presence of another; (2) by use or threatened use of a firearm or other dangerous weapon; (3) whereby the life of a person is endangered or threatened.”

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