232 N.C. App. 152 - State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[r]ecords, photographs, films, * develops, or duplicates material that contains a visual representation of a minor engaged in sexual activity; or ... [d]istributes, transports, exhibits, receives, sells, purchases, exchanges, or solicits material that contains a visual representation of a minor engaged in sexual activity,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Fletcher · 248 N.C. App. 418 - State v. Jones

2. “It is well established that this Court's principal aim when interpreting statutes is to effectuate the purpose of the legislature in enacting the statute, and that statutory interpretation properly begins with an examination of the plain words of the statute.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Crump · 253 N.C. App. 198 - State v. Mylett

3. “While we recognize that decisions from other jurisdictions are, of course, not binding on the courts of this State, we are free to review such decisions for guidance.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 264 N.C. App. 542 - State v. Shackelford · 251 N.C. App. 537 - Brookline Residential, LLC v. City of Charlotte