216 N.C. App. 286 - State v. Hester’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
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cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
February 2013
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Hunt · Dunn v. Pate · Simmons v. City of Shreveport Code Enforcement Bureau · In Re Dockeray, Ante, P. 925 · State v. Gardner
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Generally a motion for mistrial is a matter addressed to the sound discretion of the judge, and absent a showing of abuse of discretion the ruling will not be disturbed on appeal. ... A mistrial is a drastic remedy, warranted only for such serious improprieties as would make it impossible to attain a fair and impartial verdict.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Smith
How this case has been treated — in progress
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