State v. Bryant’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

61 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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]o be entitled to relief under the decidedly narrow Lambert exception, a defendant must establish that his conduct was "wholly passive" such that "circumstances which might move one to inquire as to the necessity of registration are completely lacking" and that [the] defendant was ignorant of his duty to register and there was no reasonable probability that [the] defendant knew his conduct was illegal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 193 N.C. App. 455 - State v. Aiken · 173 N.C. App. 123 - State v. Verrier

2. “[T]he presumption is that any act passed by the legislature is constitutional, and the court will not strike it down if [it] can be upheld on any reasonable ground.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 252 N.C. App. 174 - State v. Jefferson · Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust v. N.C. Dep't of Revenue

3. “to the general rule that ignorance of the law is no excuse”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 246 N.C. App. 640 - State v. Bonetsky · 193 N.C. App. 455 - State v. Aiken