152 N.C. App. 150 - State v. Starner’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
July 2015
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Waller v. Georgia · City of Boerne v. Flores · State v. Boyd · State v. Faison · State v. Frazier
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 party seeking to close the hearing must advance an overriding interest that is likely to be prejudiced; (2) the closure must be no broader than necessary to protect that interest; (3) the trial court must consider reasonable alternatives to closing the proceeding; and (4) the trial court must make findings adequate to support the closure.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“In the trial of cases for rape or sex offense or attempt to commit rape or attempt to commit a sex offense, the trial judge may, during the taking of the testimony of the prosecutrix, exclude from the courtroom all persons except the officers of the court, the defendant and those engaged in the trial of the case.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“A child of four years is far more vulnerable than an older child because she is less able to verbalize the abuse that has happened to her.”
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.