231 N.C. App. 88 - State v. Allah’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “[T]he intent to commit a felony within the structure which the defendant has entered necessary for a ... burglary conviction may be inferred from the circumstances surrounding the occurrence, with evidence of what a defendant does after he breaks and enters a house constituting evidence of his intent at the time of the breaking and entering.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 N.C. App. 384 - State v. Davis

2. “Admittedly, N.C. R. App. P. 10(a)(1) provides that, as a general proposition, a party must have raised an issue before the trial court before presenting it to this Court for appellate review. However, according to well-established North Carolina law, N.C. R. App. P. 10(a)(1) does not apply to sentencing-related issues.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 256 N.C. App. 124 - State v. Meadows