State v. Meadows’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he sentence imposed was unauthorized at the time imposed, exceeded the maximum authorized by law, was illegally imposed, or is otherwise invalid as a matter of law”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 266 N.C. App. 382 - State v. Green · State v. Altman

2. “[a]lthough defendant's nonconstitutional sentencing issues are preserved without contemporaneous objection consistent with Canady and N.C.G.S. § 15A-1446(d), constitutional issues are not. ... Further, this Court has consistently held that [c]onstitutional questions not raised and passed on by the trial court will not ordinarily be considered on appeal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Swafford · 265 N.C. App. 279 - State v. DeJesus

3. “[w]e elect, nevertheless, in the exercise of our supervisory power over the trial divisions, N.C. Const. Art. IV, § 12 ; N.C.G.S. § 7A-32 [;] and pursuant to Rule 2 of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure, to review this issue on appeal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Altman