140 N.C. App. 699 - State v. Ferguson’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
August 2017
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Smith · Nebraska v. Wyoming · Nebraska v. Wyoming · State v. Vause · State v. Simpson
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.
“a trial court is required to comprehensively instruct the jury on a defense to the charged crime when the evidence viewed in the light most favorable to the defendant reveals substantial evidence of each element of the defense. Substantial evidence is such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Substantial evidence is 'such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.'”
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.