172 N.C. App. 759 - State v. Dorton’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
March 2017
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Blakely v. Washington · Barker v. Wingo · In Re the Appeal From the Civil Penalty · State v. Call
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When cross-examination involves the sexual behavior of the complainant, our Rape Shield Statute further limits the scope of cross-examination by declaring such examination to be irrelevant to any issue in the prosecution except in four very narrow situations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Parlier“While a defendant clearly is entitled to cross-examine an adverse witness, the scope of that cross-examination lies within the 'sound discretion of the trial court, and its rulings thereon will not be disturbed absent a showing of abuse of discretion.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Parlier
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.