71 N.C. App. 283 - State v. Ikard’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. “To render one who does not actually participate in the commission of a crime guilty of the offense committed, there must be some evidence tending to show that he, . . . by his conduct made it known to [the] perpetrator that he was standing by to lend assistance when and if it should become necessary.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re RPM

2. “'To act in concert means to act together, in harmony or in conjunction one with another pursuant to a common plan or purpose.'”

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

3. “the evidence disclose[d] only that defendant was present at the scene of the crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 N.C. App. 384 - State v. Porter