159 N.C. App. 284 - State v. Dammons’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
37
cited by 37 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
July 2018
most recently cited
30 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lockyer Attorney General of California v. Andrade · Oyler v. Boles · Lambert v. People of the State of California · Ewing v. California · State v. Stepney
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1) that the victim was a public officer; 2) that the defendant knew or had reasonable grounds to believe that the victim was a public officer; 3) that the victim was discharging or attempting to discharge a duty of his office; 4) that the defendant resisted, delayed, or obstructed the victim in discharging or attempting to discharge a duty of his office; and 5) that the defendant acted willfully and unlawfully, that is intentionally and without justification or excuse.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[s]entence enhancement based on habitual felon status does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.