State v. Mitchner’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
2
states following
May 1976
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Stephens · Davis v. State · Brafford v. Cook · Worthington v. State · State v. Hoover
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Evidence of manslaughter is lacking. The defendant, however, cannot - complain that ‘the jury, by an act of grace,’ has found him guilty of a lesser offense. ‘Such verdicts occur now and then, despite the efforts of the courts to discourage them. When they- do . . . since they are favorable to the accused, it is settled law that they will not be disturbed.’ State v. Bentley, 223 N.C. 563 , 27 S.E. 2d 738 ; State v. Roy, 233 N.C. 558 , 64 S.E. 2d 840 ; State v. Matthews, 231 N.C. 617 , 58 S.E. 2d 625 ; . . . State v. Robertson, 210 N.C. 266 , 186 S.E. 247 .” See also State v. Mitchner, 256 N.C. 620 , 124 S.E. 2d 831 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Vestal
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.