72 N.C. App. 167 - State v. Riggsbee’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Intent is a mental attitude seldom provable by direct evidence. It must ordinarily be proved by circumstances from which it may be inferred. In determining the presence or absence of intent, the jury may consider the acts and conduct of the defendant and the general circumstances existing at the time of the alleged commission of the offense charged.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 156 N.C. App. 182 - State v. Liberato · 203 N.C. App. 373 - State v. Capps

2. “(1) That defendant was providing care of Andrew Huang. (2) That Andrew Huang was less than 16 years of age. (3) That defendant intentionally twisted Andrew’s arm. (4) That the twisting of Andrew’s arm by defendant proximately caused a serious injury to Andrew. (5) That the injury resulted in the fracture of a bone in Andrew’s arm.”

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

3. “A parent or any other person providing care to or supervision of a child less than 16 years of age who intentionally inflicts any serious physical injury upon or to the child or who intentionally commits an assault upon the child which results in any serious physical injury to the child is guilty of a Class E felony.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 137 N.C. App. 418 - State v. Noffsinger