State v. Wiley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

172 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 178 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “‘1st. Every law that makes an action done before the passing of the law, and which was innocent when done, criminal; and punishes such action. 2d. Every law that aggravates a crime, or makes it greater than it was, when committed. 3d. Every law that changes the punishment, and inflicts a greater punishment, than the law annexed to the crime, when committed. 4th. Every law that alters the legal rules of evidence, and receives less, or different, testimony, than the law required at the time of the commission of the offence, in order to convict the offender.’”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 185 N.C. App. 545 - Pitt County v. Deja Vue, Inc. · 169 N.C. App. 301 - State v. Johnson

2. “It is well settled that an error, even one of constitutional magnitude, that defendant does not bring to the trial court's attention is waived and will not be considered on appeal.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 193 N.C. App. 754 - State v. Neely · 200 N.C. App. 436 - State v. Aleem

3. “plain error analysis applies only to jury instructions and evidentiary matters[.]”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 250 N.C. App. 731 - State v. Mendoza · 248 N.C. App. 763 - State v. Lee