State v. . Tucker’s Empirical Analysis
1925
Citation profile
22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably State v. Jones (2002), State v. Miller (1967)
22 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““. . . Similar remarks were said to be prejudicial, and were either held for error or disapproved, in S. v. Murdock, 183 N.C. 779 ; S. v. Saleeby, ibid, 740; S. v. Davenport, 156 N.C., p. 610; S. v. Tyson, 133 N.C., p. 699; Jenkins v. Ore Co., 65 N.C. 563 ; S. v. Williams, ibid, 505; Coble v. Coble, 79 N.C. 589 (the 'upas-tree’ case). * X- * "... Such denunciatory comments when seriously made, are universally disapproved. Not only do we find a uniform disapproval of such remarks in our own reports, but to like effect are the expressions in other jurisdictions. (Citing authority.).””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Miller“Courts should be very careful to safeguard the rights of litigants and to be as nearly sure as possible that each party shall stand before the jury, on equal terms with his adversary, and not be hampered, in the prosecution or defense of his cause by extraneous considerations which militate against a fair hearing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Smith““. . . To uphold this ruling would mean, not only to sanction the vituperative language used in the present case, but also to open the door for advocates generally to engage in vilification and abuse — a practice which may be all too frequent, but which the law rightfully holds in reproach.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Dickens
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.