State v. Raines’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

50 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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]n order for a party to preserve for appellate review the exclusion of evidence, the significance of the excluded evidence must be made to appear in the record and a specific offer of proof is required unless the significance of the evidence is obvious from the record. We also held that the essential content or substance of the witness' testimony must be shown before we can ascertain whether prejudicial error occurred.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Parlier · State v. Jacobs

2. “`be convinced that absent the error the jury probably would have reached a different verdict.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 195 N.C. App. 786 - State v. Land · 203 N.C. App. 374 - State v. Hightower

3. “[a] reversal for plain error is only appropriate in the most exceptional cases.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 195 N.C. App. 786 - State v. Land · 203 N.C. App. 374 - State v. Hightower