State v. Squires’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 64 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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The trial court must review the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, giving the State the benefit of every reasonable inference to be drawn therefrom.”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 193 N.C. App. 611 - State v. Hooker · 197 N.C. App. 629 - State v. Cauthen

2. “`When [the trier of fact] finds the facts necessary to constitute one offense, it also inescapably finds the facts necessary to constitute all lesser-included offenses of that offense.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re IRT · 184 N.C. App. 579 - In re I.R.T.

3. “an intent to commit the substantive offense and an overt act which goes beyond mere preparation but falls short of the completed offense.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 193 N.C. App. 610 - State v. Harley · 241 N.C. App. 611 - State v. Mims