25 N.C. App. 251 - State v. Tanner’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Now, I charge that for you to find the defendant, Robert Lee Burris, guilty of discharging a firearm into occupied property, that is a house occupied by Willie Ray Moore, the State must prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt. [First, that the defendant intentionally discharged a shotgun into the residence of Willie Ray Moore, Jr.’s father on Kenny Street, occupied by Willie Ray Moore, Jr. Second, that such property was occupied at the .time that the gun was discharged and third, that the defendant, Robert Lee Burris, acted willfully, wantonly which means that he had knowledge that the residence of Willie Ray Moore’s father was occupied by one or more persons or that he had reasonable grounds to believe that said property might be occupied by one or more persons.””

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

2. ““Members of the jury, the defendant is also charged with discharging a firearm into an occupied building. Now, I charge that for you to find the defendant guilty of discharging a firearm into occupied property, the State must prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt. First, that the defendant intentionally and without justification or excuse discharged a shotgun into the Speedway Lounge; second, that the Speedway Lounge was occupied at the time the gun was discharged; and, third, that the defendant acted willfully or wantonly, which means that he had knowledge that the Speedway Lounge was occupied by one or more persons, or that he had reasonable grounds to believe that the Speedway Lounge might be occupied by one or more persons.””

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