State v. Ellis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A criminal pleading ... is fatally defective if it 'fails to state some essential and necessary element of the offense of which the defendant is found guilty.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 262 N.C. App. 290 - State v. Booker · State v. Crowder

2. “a plain and concise factual statement in each count which, without allegations of an evidentiary nature, asserts facts supporting every element of a criminal offense and the defendant's commission thereof with sufficient precision clearly to apprise the defendant or defendants of the conduct which is the subject of the accusation.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 262 N.C. App. 290 - State v. Booker · State v. Crowder

3. “the indictment in a larceny case must allege a person who has a property interest in the property stolen and that the State must prove that that person has ownership, meaning title to the property or some special property interest.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 243 N.C. App. 563 - State v. Campbell · 257 N.C. App. 739 - State v. Campbell