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← 227 NCAPP 428 - State v. Primus

State v. Primus’s Empirical Analysis

2013

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 2017
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on State v. Smith · State v. Fritsch · 186 N.C. App. 57 - State v. Smith · State v. Perry · State v. Eason

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

  1. “When ruling on a defendant's motion to dismiss, the trial court must determine whether there is substantial evidence (1) of each essential element of the offense charged, and (2) that the defendant is the perpetrator of the offense.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “assuming arguendo that the trial judge's instruction to the jury was an opinion as to a factual issue, we think the error is harmless”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “an improper expression of the trial judge's opinion as to a factual issue within the province of the jury.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.