248 N.C. App. 414 - State v. Hayes’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “issues of statutory construction are questions of law which we review de novo on appeal[.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 258 N.C. App. 347 - State v. Watson · 265 N.C. App. 546 - State v. Marino

2. “(a1) Unless the conduct is prohibited by another law providing greater punishment, any person at least 18 years of age who shall willfully expose the private parts of his or her person in any public place in the presence of any other person less than 16 years of age for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire shall be guilty of a Class H felony....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Traub

3. “). Under the plain language of the statute,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 258 N.C. App. 347 - State v. Watson