State v. Ramos’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “) Based on the testimony of Penny and Outlaw, the trial court's error was prejudicial, as there is a reasonable possibility that the jury could have found that Defendant reasonably believed deadly force to be necessary. C. Flight Instruction Defendant also contends that the trial court erred in instructing the jury that it could consider Defendant's alleged flight as evidence of guilt. We disagree.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 264 N.C. App. 112 - State v. Parks

2. “'[w]illful' is defined as 'the wrongful doing of an act without justification or excuse, or the commission of an act purposely and deliberately in violation of law.' " Ramos , 363 N.C. at 355 , 678 S.E.2d at 226 (quoting State v. Arnold , 264 N.C. 348 , 349, 141 S.E.2d 473 , 474 (1965) (per curiam) (citations omitted)). It "means something more than an intention to commit the offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 253 N.C. App. 828 - State v. Scaturro

3. “Evaluating the credibility of defendant's testimony in light of the other evidence was properly for the jury and the trial court's instructional error prevented the jury from considering the willfulness of defendant's actions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 264 N.C. App. 112 - State v. Parks