State v. Nolen’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) commits a new crime in violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1343(b)(1) ; (2) absconds supervision in violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1343(b)(3a) ; or (3) violates any condition of probation after serving two prior periods of CRV under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1344(d2).”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 254 N.C. App. 535 - State v. Johnson · 243 N.C. App. 198 - State v. Williams

2. “effective date clause was later amended, however, to make the new absconding condition applicable only to offenses committed on or after 1 December 2011”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 254 N.C. App. 535 - State v. Johnson · 248 N.C. App. 744 - State v. Hancock

3. “[a]lthough the probation officer used the term 'absconding' to describe Defendant's non-compliance with the regular condition of probation under N.C. Gen.Stat. § 15A-1343(b)(2) (requiring the defendant to '[r]emain within the jurisdiction of the Court unless granted written permission to leave'), the trial court's limited revoking authority under the JRA does not include this section 15A-1343(b)(2) condition.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 243 N.C. App. 198 - State v. Williams · 241 N.C. App. 657 - State v. Shaw