241 N.C. App. 619 - State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 2017
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · United States v. Cronic · Kimmelman v. Morrison · State v. Hennis · Bailey v. Noot
Most-quoted passages
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“Abuse of discretion results where the court's ruling is manifestly unsupported by reason or is so arbitrary that it could not have been the result of a reasoned decision.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Appellate courts will not second-guess a trial court's exercise of its discretion absent evidence of abuse.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“shown. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-144 (2015).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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