84 N.C. App. 689 - State v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An essential element of the crime described in [N.C. Gen. Stat. §] 14-100 is that the act be done “knowingly and designedly . . . with intent to cheat or defraud.” Intent is “seldom provable by direct evidence. It must ordinarily be proved by circumstances from which it may be inferred.” In determining the absence or presence 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. 253 N.C. App. 803 - State v. Mostafavi · 225 N.C. App. 734 - State v. Braswell

2. “'An essential element of the crime [obtaining property by false pretense] is that the act be done "knowingly and designedly ... with intent to cheat or defraud.”

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

3. “'An essential element of the crime [obtaining property by false pretense] is that the act be done”

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