Samuel v. Evans’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. ““Assignments of error to the charge should quote the portion of the charge to which appellant objects, and assignments based on failure to charge should set out appellant’s contention as to what the court should have charged. State v. Wilson, 263 N.C. 533 , 139 S.E. 2d 736 . ‘When an exception relates to the charge, that portion to which the exception is taken must be set out in the particular assignment of error. A mere reference to the exception number and the page number of the record where the exception appears . . . will not present the alleged error for review. . . . ’ Samuel v. Evans and Cooper v. Evans, 264 N.C. 393 , 141 S.E. 2d 627 .””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Kirby · State v. Self