State v. Daniels’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 8 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “[i]n State v. Perry, 226 N.C. 530 , 39 S.E.2d 460 (1946), ... that a brick thrown with force by the defendant constituted a deadly weapon [ per se ], and it was not error for the trial court to refuse to submit to the jury the [the lesser included offense] of simple assault, even though the question of whether the brick as used was a deadly weapon was submitted to the jury.”

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

2. “If the weapon used ... by the defendant was a deadly weapon per se the trial court was not required to charge on the lesser included offense of simple assault, even though the trial court did not charge that the instrument used in the assault was a deadly weapon [ per se ].”

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

3. “[t]he trial court did not err in failing to submit the lesser offense of simple assault to the jury”

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