State v. LePard’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is well established that a sentence which does not exceed the maximum prescribed by statute for the offense of which the defendant has been convicted or of which he has entered a plea of guilty does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment forbidden by Article I, § 14, of the Constitution of North Carolina. State v. Bruce, 268 N.C. 174 , 150 S.E. 2d 216 ; State v. Downey, 253 N.C. 348 , 117 S.E. 2d 39 ; State v. Lee, 247 N.C. 230 , 100 S.E. 2d 372 ; State v. Smith, 238 N.C. 82 , 76 S.E. 2d 363 ; State v. Daniels, 197 N.C. 285 , 148 S.E. 244 . The record reveals no violation of any constitutional right of the defendant or any error in the judgment of which he complains or in the proceedings leading thereto.” State v. LePard, 270 N.C. 157 , 153 S.E. 2d 875 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Lovelace