244 N.C. App. 699 - State v. Chapman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “[A] trial court's error in failing to exercise its discretion in denying a jury's request to review testimony constitutes prejudicial error when the requested testimony (1) is "material to the determination of defendant's guilt or innocence"; and (2) involves "issues of some confusion or contradiction" such that the jury would want to review this evidence to fully understand it.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Devega · 250 N.C. App. 698 - State v. Lyons

2. “We contend there has been no evidence showing that the manner in which it was used, in which the BB gun was used, rises to the level of being a dangerous weapon. Based upon that , we would ask Your Honor to dismiss the charge of robbery with a dangerous weapon.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 252 N.C. App. 409 - State v. Walker

3. “trial court must consider whether the differences between conditions can be explained by the witnesses so that any effects arising from the dissimilarity may be understood by the jury ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 263 N.C. App. 289 - State v. Holmes