State v. Barden’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

247 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 249 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Our review of a denial of a motion to suppress by the trial court is “limited to determining whether the trial judge’s underlying findings of fact are supported by competent evidence, in which event they are conclusively binding on appeal, and whether those factual findings in turn support the judge’s ultimate conclusions of law.””

   10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 194 N.C. App. 594 - State v. Early · 170 N.C. App. 284 - State v. Rose

2. “are conclusive on appeal if supported by competent evidence, even if the evidence is conflicting.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Parlier · 247 N.C. App. 834 - State v. Portillo

3. “[t]his Court has consistently held that a prosecutor may argue that a jury is the voice and conscience of the community ... and [a] prosecutor may also ask the jury to send a message to the community regarding justice.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Strickland · State v. Schricker