99 N.C. App. 265 - State v. Odom’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The general rule in North Carolina is that a witness who has knowledge of value gained from experience, information and observation may give his opinion of the value of specific personal property. “ [I]t is not necessary that the witness be an expert; it is enough that he is familiar with the thing upon which he professes to put a value and has such knowledge and experience as to enable him intelligently to place a value on it.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 202 N.C. App. 36 - State v. RAHAMAN

2. “To invoke the doctrine, the State must prove: (1) the property described in the indictment was stolen; (2) the stolen goods were found in defendant’s custody and subject to his control and disposition to the exclusion of others . . . and (3) the possession was discovered recently after the larceny . . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 109 N.C. App. 222 - State v. Mitchell

3. “[a] trial judge should not give instructions which present to the jury possible theories of conviction not supported by the evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 264 N.C. App. 566 - State v. Steen