34 N.C. App. 594 - State v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The general rule is that the defendant in a criminal case is not, for the purpose of showing his innocence, allowed to prove that he refused to take to flight before his arrest or to escape from jail after his arrest, even though offered the opportunity to do so, at least in the absence of any testimony that he had attempted to flee or escape." 29 Am.Jur.2d, 334, Evidence § 287. Refusal to flee or escape; voluntary surrender.”

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

2. “`would be permitting prisoners to make evidence for themselves by their subsequent acts.'”

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