State v. Anthony’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

124 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 126 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[o]nly an extreme impropriety on the part of the prosecutor will compel this Court to hold that the trial judge abused his discretion in not recognizing and correcting ex mero motu an argument that defense counsel apparently did not believe was prejudicial when originally spoken.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 257 N.C. App. 848 - State v. Phachoumphone · State v. Huey

2. “' In determining the sufficiency of the evidence to submit an aggravating circumstance to the jury, the trial court must consider the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, with the State entitled to every reasonable inference to be drawn therefrom.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Bell · State v. McNeill

3. “'so infected the trial with unfairness that they rendered the conviction fundamentally unfair.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 257 N.C. App. 848 - State v. Phachoumphone · 243 N.C. App. 394 - State v. Carvalho