253 N.C. App. 789 - State v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “fail[ed] to follow the binding precedent established by Stubbs ,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 258 N.C. App. 466 - Martinez v. Wake Cty. Bd. of Educ. · 256 N.C. App. 328 - State v. Rogers

2. “defendant's right to seek the issuance of a writ of certiorari in order to obtain appellate review of the sentencing proceeding conducted upon his entry of a plea of guilty”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 256 N.C. App. 328 - State v. Rogers

3. “[I]t is elementary that we are bound by the rulings of our Supreme Court[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 258 N.C. App. 466 - Martinez v. Wake Cty. Bd. of Educ.