164 N.C. App. 169 - State v. Romero’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
March 2017
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In re Disbarment of Alexander · State v. Fulcher · State v. James · State v. Phillips · 154 N.C. App. 176 - State v. Williams
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“intentionally inflicte[d] any serious physical injury upon or to the child or . . . intentionally committ[ed] an assault upon the child;”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“because the nature of an injury is dependant [sic] upon the relative facts of each case[.]”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“that defendant hit his one-year-old son at least once with a belt, that the child began to cry after being hit, and that the child suffered a visible bruise to his head as a result of being struck by the belt.”
2 later decisions 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.