State v. McGrady’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

83 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 83 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) If scientific, technical or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion, or otherwise, if all of the following apply: (1) The testimony is based upon sufficient facts or data. (2) The testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods. (3) The witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case.”

   18 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 258 N.C. App. 660 - State v. Shore · State v. Gray

2. “provide insight beyond the conclusions that jurors can readily draw from their ordinary experience.”

   16 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 258 N.C. App. 660 - State v. Shore · State v. Gray

3. “[A] trial court may be reversed for abuse of discretion only upon a showing that its ruling was manifestly unsupported by reason and could not have been the result of a reasoned decision.”

   10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 258 N.C. App. 660 - State v. Shore · 251 N.C. App. 452 - Ridley v. Wendel