233 N.C. App. 168 - State v. Beck’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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

1. “must show that the requested instructions were not given in substance and that substantial evidence supported the omitted instructions.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Smith · 247 N.C. App. 184 - State v. Godwin

2. “the trial court's use of the pattern jury instruction [270.20A] informed the jury that in order to return a verdict of guilty, it must be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that Defendant's alcohol concentration was .08 or more. This instruction informed the jury, in substance, that it was not compelled to return a guilty verdict based simply on the chemical analysis results showing a .10 alcohol concentration.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 247 N.C. App. 184 - State v. Godwin

3. “When a defendant requests a special jury instruction, 'the trial court is not required to give [the] requested instruction in the exact language of the request. However, when the request is correct in law and supported by the evidence in the case, the court must give the instruction in substance.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 247 N.C. App. 184 - State v. Godwin