235 N.C. App. 398 - State v. Simpson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'The general rule in this State and elsewhere is that an indictment for a statutory offense is sufficient, if the offense is charged in the words of the statute, either literally or substantially, or in equivalent words.'”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 250 N.C. App. 238 - State v. Hunt · 245 N.C. App. 497 - State v. Dale

2. “A plain and concise factual statement in each count which, without allegations of an evidentiary nature , asserts facts supporting every element of a criminal offense and the defendant's commission thereof with sufficient precision clearly to apprise the defendant or defendants of the conduct which is the subject of the accusation.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 245 N.C. App. 497 - State v. Dale · State v. Lamberth

3. “[t]he trial court need not subject the indictment to hyper technical scrutiny with respect to form.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 250 N.C. App. 238 - State v. Hunt · 244 N.C. App. 102 - State v. Bryant