State v. Lawrence’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 57 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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) defendant never raised an objection at trial regarding unanimity; (2) the jury was instructed on all issues, including unanimity; (3) separate verdict sheets were submitted to the jury for each charge; (4) the jury deliberated and reached a decision on all counts submitted to it in less than one and one-half hours; (5) the record reflected no confusion or questions as to jurors’ duty in the trial; and (6) when polled by the court, all jurors individually affirmed that they had found defendant guilty in each individual case file number.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 180 N.C. App. 86 - State v. Smith · State v. Brigman

2. “while one juror might have found some incidents of misconduct and another juror might have found different incidents of misconduct, the jury as a whole found that improper sexual conduct occurred.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 177 N.C. App. 813 - State v. Spencer · 179 N.C. App. 628 - State v. Bates

3. “[D]efendant was indicted on five counts of statutory rape; Lucy testified [that she had sexual intercourse with the defendant thirty-two separate times, but testified] to five specific incidents of statutory rape, and five verdicts of guilty were returned to the charge of statutory rape. We conclude that defendant was unanimously convicted by the jury.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 177 N.C. App. 813 - State v. Spencer · 179 N.C. App. 628 - State v. Bates