263 N.C. App. 676 - State v. Nixon’s Empirical Analysis
2019
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
July 2019
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Biber · State v. Stevens · State v. Frogge · State v. Stokes · McClure v. State
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[e]xcept in misdemeanor cases initiated in the District Court Division, no person shall be put to answer any criminal charge but by indictment, presentment, or impeachment. But any person, when represented by counsel, may, under such regulations as the General Assembly shall prescribe, waive indictment in noncapital cases.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Futrelle“contain[ed] absolutely no language waiving indictment and no waiver appear[ed] to be attached or included in the Record ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Futrelle“[w]aiver of indictment must be ... signed by the defendant and his attorney .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Futrelle
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.