State v. Threadgill’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The trial court's determination of a defendant's prior record level is a conclusion of law, which this Court reviews de novo on appeal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 258 N.C. App. 150 - State v. Weldon · 255 N.C. App. 93 - State v. Bryant

2. “(1) Stipulation of the parties. (2) An original or copy of the court record of the prior conviction. (3) A copy of records maintained by the Department of Public Safety, the Division of Motor Vehicles, or of the Administrative Office of the Courts. (4) Any other method found by the court to be reliable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 255 N.C. App. 93 - State v. Bryant

3. “[w]hile we recognize that a prior record level worksheet alone is insufficient to prove the existence of a prior conviction, ... it is the classification , rather than the mere existence, of the [out-of-state] conviction that is at issue in the instance case.”

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