State v. Sawyer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘The general admission of evidence competent for a restricted purpose will not be held r ever sib1 e error in the absence of a request at the time that its admission be restricted.’ 7 Strong N. C. Index 2d, Trial § 17. See also Rule 21, Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court, ' 254 N.C. 783 , 803. Obviously, the testimony to which these assignments refer was offered as tending to corroborate the testimony of Ward. Undoubtedly, if defendant had so requested, the trial judge would have given an explicit instruction to the effect that this evidence was competent for consideration only as corroborative testimony.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Wood · State v. Sauls