State v. Killian’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
July 2003
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Klopfer v. State of North Carolina
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Appeals by the State or the defendant from the district court [in criminal actions] are to the superior court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“appeals in criminal causes [from the district court] must go first to the superior court”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“shall have such appellate jurisdiction as the General Assembly may prescribe.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.