State v. Ray’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To be timely, an objection to the admission of evidence must be made at the time it is actually introduced at trial.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 N.C. App. 522 - State v. Sellers · State v. Ramey

2. “a 'reasonable possibility' that without the error 'a different result would have been reached at the trial.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ramey · State v. Spencer

3. “Here defendant objected to [the opinion] testimony ... only outside the presence of the jury. He did not subsequently object when the State elicited [that] testimony before the jury. Therefore, defendant failed to preserve the alleged error for appellate review, and "the Court of Appeals erred by reaching the merits of defendant's arguments on this issue."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 262 N.C. App. 106 - State v. Hairston