State v. Phillips’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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A]ny person who commits any assault, assault and battery, or affray is guilty of a Class A1 misdemeanor if, in the course of the assault, assault and battery, or affray, he or she . . . [ajssaults a female, he being a male person at least 18 years of age[.]”

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

2. “defendant who receives an active sentence is required to be assessed court costs unless the trial court specifically makes a written finding of just cause to waive these costs.”

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

3. “where our courts have repeatedly stated that the use of the word 'victim' in jury instructions is not an expression of opinion,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 265 N.C. App. 512 - State v. Davis