180 N.C. App. 286 - State v. Key’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
22
cited by 22 later decisions
2
states following
April 2019
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Fulcher · State v. Collins · State v. Crawford · State v. Gibbs · State v. White
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he court may consider whether the defendant's acts place the victim in greater danger than is inherent in the other offense, or subject the victim to the kind of danger and abuse that the kidnapping statute was designed to prevent. The court also considers whether defendant's acts "cause additional restraint of the victim or increase the victim's helplessness and vulnerability."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[a]n overt act for an attempt crime, must reach far enough towards the accomplishment of the desired result to amount to the commencement of the consummation.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[A] defendant can stop his criminal plan short of an overt act on his own initiative or because of some outside intervention. However, once a defendant engages in an overt act, the offense [of attempt] is complete[.]”
1 later decision 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.