262 N.C. App. 340 - State v. McNeil’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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

1. “During the sentencing hearing, Defendant did not stipulate to his prior convictions, there was no specific mention of the paraphernalia charge, and the only evidence proffered by the State was a certified copy of Defendant's DCI Computerized Criminal History Report.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 266 N.C. App. 382 - State v. Green

2. “In determining [a defendant's] prior record level, the classification of a prior offense is the classification assigned to that offense at the time the offense for which the offender is being sentenced is committed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 266 N.C. App. 382 - State v. Green

3. “Where the State fails to prove a pre-2014 possession of paraphernalia conviction was for non-marijuana paraphernalia, a trial court errs in treating the conviction as a Class 1 misdemeanor.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 266 N.C. App. 382 - State v. Green