175 N.C. App. 250 - State v. Hanton’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
78
cited by 78 later decisions
1
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
78 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Blakely v. Washington · Taylor v. United States · Shepard v. United States · Jones v. United States
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 78 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Stipulations as to questions of law are generally held invalid and ineffective, and not binding upon the courts, either trial or appellate.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“the question of whether a conviction under an out-of-state statute is substantially similar to an offense under North Carolina statutes is a question of law to be resolved by the trial court.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“[W]hether an out-of-state offense is substantially similar to a North Carolina offense is a question of law that must be determined by the trial court[.]”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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