State v. Kirkwood’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Smith · State v. Fritsch · 186 N.C. App. 57 - State v. Smith · State v. Rose · State v. Barnes
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.
“[t]he rule that constitutional questions must be raised first in the trial court is based upon the reasoning that the trial court should, in the first instance, 'pass[ ] on' the issue.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the trial court addressed and ruled upon”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.