21 N.C. App. 544 - State v. Alston’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
June 1997
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Whitehurst v. Davis.
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It may be said, if 13 concur in a verdict, 12 must necessarily have given their assent. But any innovation amounting in the least degree to a departure from the ancient mode may cause a departure in other instances, and in the end, endanger or prevent this excellent institution from its usual course: therefore, no such innovation should be permitted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Bindyke“[a]n alternate juror . . . shall be discharged upon the final submission of the case to the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Bindyke
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.