State v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
January 1969
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Linkous v. Millner
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We do not conceive it to be the absolute right of a defendant charged with a misdemeanor, petty or otherwise, to have court-appointed and-paid counsel. . . . The Statute . . . leaves the matter to the sound discretion of the presiding judge. Some misdemeanors and some circumstances might justify the appointment of counsel, but this is not true in all misdemeanors.” State v. Bennett, 266 N.C. 755 , 147 S.E. 2d 237 ; State v. Morris, 2 N.C. App. 262 , 163 S.E. 2d 108 .”
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.