State v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

33 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]e hold that where the trial court instructed a single juror in violation of defendant’s right to a unanimous jury verdict under Article I, Section 24, the error is deemed preserved for appeal notwithstanding defendant’s failure to object.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. May · 260 N.C. App. 110 - State v. Orellana

2. “[T]he failure to raise a constitutional issue at trial generally waives that issue for appeal[.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 252 N.C. App. 200 - State v. Stroud · State v. Wardrett

3. “The Court: Mr. Foreman, the bailiff indicates that you request access to the transcript? Foreman: We want to review portions of the testimony. The Court: I'll have to give you this instruction. There is no transcript at this point. You and the other jurors will have to take your recollection of the evidence as you recall it and as you can agree on that recollection in your deliberations.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 260 N.C. App. 110 - State v. Orellana