255 N.C. App. 767 - State v. Bishop’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. “[a] petition for the writ must show merit or that error was probably committed below.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Parker · State v. Swafford

2. “constitutional arguments were barred on direct appeal because they were not preserved for appellate review.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 260 N.C. App. 640 - State v. Lindsey · State v. Swafford

3. “As our Supreme Court has instructed, we must be cautious in our use of Rule 2 not only because it is an extraordinary remedy intended solely to prevent manifest injustice, but also because inconsistent application of Rule 2 itself leads to injustice when some similarly situated litigants are permitted to benefit from it but others are not.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Swafford · 258 N.C. App. 527 - State v. Bursell