State v. Ross’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 57 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 1990 · most notably Reed v. Ross (1984), State v. Barfield (1979)
3 federal appellate · 57 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 State v. Beal · State v. Sheffield · State v. . King · State v. Jarrett · State v. . Patterson
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ . . . The trial judge hears all witnesses and observes their demeanor as they testify. He knows the background of the case and is thus in a favorable position to control the scope of the cross-examination. The appellate court reviews a cold record. For this reason, the trial court, because of its favored position, should have wide discretion in the control of the trial. Its rulings should not be disturbed except when prejudicial error is disclosed. State v. Sheffield, 251 N.C. 309 , 111 S.E. 2d 195 ; State v. Stone, 226 N.C. 97 , 36 S.E. 2d 704 ; State v. Wray, 217 N.C. 167 , 7 S.E. 2d 468 ; State v. Beal, 199 N.C. 278 , 154 S.E. 604 ; State v. Davidson, 67 N.C. 119 ; State v. Patterson, 24 N.C. 346 ; Wigmore on Evidence, 3d Ed., 495. . . .””
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Burgin · State v. Black“examined the [jury] charge and conclude[d that] it is in accordance with legal requirements and is unobjectionable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Reed v. Ross
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.