State v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘ . . . When the State offers a confession in a criminal trial and defendant objects, the competency of the confession must be determined by the trial judge in a preliminary inquiry in the absence of the jury. State v. Vickers, 274 N.C. 311 , 163 S.E. 2d 481 . The trial judge hears the evidence, observes the demeanor of the witnesses, and re solves the question. State v. Barber, 268 N.C. 509 , 151 S.E. 2d 51 . His findings as to the voluntariness of the confession, and any other facts which determine whether it meets the requirements for admissibility, are conclusive if they are supported by competent evidence in the record. State v. Bishop, 272 N.C. 283 , 158 S.E. 2d 511 ; State v. Gray, 268 N.C. 69 , 150 S.E. 2d 1 ; State v. Barnes, 264 N.C. 517 , 142 S.E. 2d 344 ; State v. Keith, 266 N.C. 263 , 145 S.E. 2d 841 .’ ” State v. Fox, 277 N.C. 1, 24 , 175 S.E. 2d 561, 575 (1970).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Garnett

2. ““. . . It is submitted, however, that the rule is in fact a single one which, when accurately stated, is subject to no exceptions: evidence of other offenses is inadmissible if its only relevancy is to show the character of the accused or his disposition to commit an offense of the nature of the one charged; but if it tends to prove any other relevant fact it will not be excluded merely because it also shows him to have been guilty of an independent crime.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Little