246 N.C. App. 502 - State v. Oxendine’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. “The first step under plain error review is ... to determine whether any error occurred at all.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 262 N.C. App. 466 - State v. Cole · State v. Sullivan

2. “For error to constitute plain error, a defendant must demonstrate that a fundamental error occurred at trial. To show that an error was fundamental, a defendant must establish prejudice-that, after examination of the entire record, the error had a probable impact on the jury's finding that the defendant was guilty. Moreover, because plain error is to be applied cautiously and only in the exceptional case, the error will often be one that seriously affects the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 262 N.C. App. 466 - State v. Cole · State v. Carpenter

3. “[a] challenge to the facial validity of an indictment may be brought at any time, and need not be raised at trial for preservation on appeal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 253 N.C. App. 563 - State v. Maloney · State v. Maier