State v. Canady’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

36 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[b]y using [the detective's] testimony in this manner, the State undoubtedly sought to prove the truth of the matter asserted.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 249 N.C. App. 383 - State v. Clevinger · 241 N.C. App. 658 - State v. Vales

2. “despite the trial court's provision of a limiting instruction, [the] testimony went so far beyond the confines of this instruction that the jury could not reasonably have restricted its attention to any nonhearsay elements in [the] testimony.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 249 N.C. App. 383 - State v. Clevinger · 241 N.C. App. 658 - State v. Vales

3. “provided details contained in [a co-defendant's] statement including how [the] defendant broke into the victims' house through a window, went into the bathroom with a rifle, shot one of the victims, and fled with a bag of money.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 241 N.C. App. 658 - State v. Vales · 194 N.C. App. 373 - State v. Goldston