State v. Floyd’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]n light of [D]efendant's disruptive behavior, we cannot ascertain, without engaging in conjecture, whether [D]efendant had a serious disagreement with his attorney regarding trial strategy or whether he simply sought to hinder the proceedings. As a result, it cannot be determined from the cold record whether an absolute impasse existed as described in Ali .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 264 N.C. App. 640 - State v. Smith

2. “The offense of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon has two essential elements: (1) the defendant has been convicted of a felony, and (2) the defendant subsequently possessed a firearm.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 260 N.C. App. 649 - State v. Mercer

3. “does not shed any light on the nature or the substance of those desired questions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 264 N.C. App. 640 - State v. Smith