State v. King’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “While the general rule is that in a prosecution for a particular crime, the state cannot offer evidence tending to show that the accused has committed another distinct, independent, or separate offense, the rule is subject to certain exceptions. One of those exceptions is that where a specific mental intent or state is an essential element of the crime charged, evidence may be offered of such acts or declarations of the accused as tend to establish the requisite mental intent or state, even though the evidence discloses the commission of another offense by the accused. State v. McClain, 240 N.C. 171 , 81 S.E. 2d 364 (1954); accord, State v. Tate, 294 N.C. 189 , 239 S.E. 2d 821 (1978); State v. Williams, 292 N.C. 391 , 233 S.E. 2d 507 (1977).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 57 N.C. App. 460 - State v. Jones