State v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Ordinarily, a motion to continue is addressed to the discretion of the trial court, and absent a gross abuse of that discretion, the trial court's ruling is not subject to review.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re DQW · State v. Marshall

2. “an arrest warrant for first-degree murder in this state is not a formal charge”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 152 N.C. App. 564 - State v. Lippard · 150 N.C. App. 211 - State v. Stokes

3. “If scientific, technical or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 152 N.C. App. 564 - State v. Lippard