107 N.C. App. 468 - State v. Flowe’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
October 2005
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McDonald v. Missouri · State v. Huffstetler · State v. Melton · State v. Thompson · State v. Parker
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When a defendant pleads guilty, the trial court may rely upon the circumstances surrounding the offense, including factual allegations in the indictment, in determining whether aggravating factors exist.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.