167 N.C. App. 374 - State v. Spellman’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
23
cited by 23 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
6 federal appellate · 17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Odom · Morgan Walton Properties, Inc. v. International City Bank & Trust Co. · State v. Fulcher · United States v. McCaskill · State v. Jones
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“tending to show affirmatively that the instrument used by [Stuart] was not a firearm ....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Intent may be implied from culpable or criminal negligence ... if the injury or apprehension thereof is the direct result of intentional acts done under circumstances showing a reckless disregard for the safety of others and a willingness to inflict injury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“did not actually see or recover a weapon”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Lopes
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.