State v. Pope’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
153 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 153 later decisions — most recently June 2019 · most notably State v. Smith (1980), State v. Ahearn (1983)
153 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Williams v. People of State of New York · Ball v. United States · State v. Poolos · Commonwealth v. Petrillo · Stephan v. United States
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 153 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] judgment will not be disturbed because of sentencing procedures unless there is a showing of abuse of discretion, procedural conduct prejudicial to defendant, circumstances which manifest inherent unfairness and injustice, or conduct which offends the public sense of fair play.”
19 later decisions quote this exact passage““Sentencing is not an exact science, but there are some well established principles which apply to sentencing procedure. The accused has the undeniable right to be personally present when sentence is imposed. Oral testimony, as such, relating to punishment is not to be heard in his absence. He shall be given full opportunity to rebut defamatory and condemnatory matters urged against him, and to give his version of the offense charged, and to introduce any relevant facts in mitigation.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““In every criminal prosecution it is the right of the accused to be present throughout the trial, unless he waives the right.” See also State v. Hartsfield, 188 N.C. 357 , 124 S.E.. 629 (1924); State v. Craton, 28 N.C. (6 Ired.) 164 (1845).”
2 later decisions 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.