State v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

49 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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A major purpose of the discovery procedures of Chapter 15A is to protect the defendant from unfair surprise. When the defendant does not inform the trial court of any potential unfair surprise, the defendant cannot properly contend that the trial court’s failure to impose sanctions is an abuse of discretion.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 177 N.C. App. 710 - State v. Farmer · 193 N.C. App. 610 - State v. Haith

2. “"When challenges for cause are supported by prospective juror's answers to questions propounded by the prosecutor and by the court, the court does not abuse its discretion, at least in the absence of a showing that further questioning by defendant would likely have produced different answers, by refusing to allow the defendant to question the juror challenged [about the same matter]."”

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

3. “defendant made no showing that additional questioning would have resulted in different answers, and, thus, ... failed to show an abuse of discretion by the trial court”

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