State v. Brice’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[w]here jurisdiction is statutory and the Legislature requires the Court to exercise its jurisdiction in a certain manner, to follow a certain procedure, or otherwise subjects the Court to certain limitations, an act of the Court beyond these limits is in excess of its jurisdiction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 265 N.C. App. 546 - State v. Marino

2. “It is hornbook law that a valid indictment is a condition precedent to the jurisdiction of the Superior Court to determine the guilt or innocence of the defendant, and to give authority to the court to render a valid judgment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 263 N.C. App. 412 - State v. Samuel

3. “In order to satisfy the relevant statutory requirements, including the provision of adequate notice, an indictment must allege lucidly and accurately all the essential elements of the offense endeavored to be charged.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 257 N.C. App. 354 - State v. Rankin