State v. Maddux’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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. “[T]o demonstrate that a trial court committed plain error, the defendant must show that a fundamental error occurred at trial. To show fundamental error, a defendant must establish prejudice-that, after examination of the entire record, the error had a probable impact on the jury's finding that the defendant was guilty. Further, ... because plain error is to be applied cautiously and only in the exceptional case, the error will often be one that seriously affect[s] the fairness, integrity or public reputation of the judicial proceedings.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Latham · 264 N.C. App. 233 - State v. Malachi

2. “must convince this Court not only that there was error, but that absent the error, the jury probably would have reached a different result.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 265 N.C. App. 519 - State v. Dawkins

3. “the plain error standard of review to unpreserved instructional and evidentiary errors in criminal cases.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Latham