State v. Wallace’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

280 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 282 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]here an indictment is alleged to be invalid on its face, thereby depriving the trial court of its jurisdiction, a challenge to that indictment may be made at any time, even if it was not contested in the trial court.”

   14 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 248 N.C. App. 732 - State v. Gates · 254 N.C. App. 186 - State v. Langley

2. “"THE JURORS FOR THE STATE UPON THEIR OATH PRESENT THAT on or about the 20th day of March, 1996, in the County named above the defendant named above did unlawfully, willfully and feloniously did of malice aforethought kill and murder Robert Carter. This act was in violation of North Carolina General Statutes Section 14-17."”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Washington · State v. Washington

3. “(b) If the victim is a person under the age of 13 years, it is sufficient to allege that the defendant unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously did engage in a sex offense with a child under the age of 13 years, naming the child, and concluding as aforesaid. Any bill of indictment containing the averments and allegations herein named shall be good and sufficient in law as an indictment for a sex offense against a child under the age of 13 years and all lesser included offenses.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 248 N.C. App. 732 - State v. Gates · 159 N.C. App. 608 - State v. Miller