State v. Evans’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
94 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 94 later decisions — most recently April 2017 · most notably State v. Smith (1980), State v. Powell (1980)
94 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. Stephens · State v. Cutler · State v. Goines · State v. Miller · State v. Birchfield
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 94 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Defendant’s evidence which explains or makes clear that which has been offered by the state may be considered, insofar as it is not in conflict therewith. This rule also permits the consideration of defendant’s evidence which rebuts the inference of guilt when it is not inconsistent with the state’s evidence, and exculpatory statements offered in evidence by the state are also properly considered on motion for nonsuit.” (Footnotes omitted.)”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage““Proof of the defendant’s presence in a place of business, his possession therein of a firearm and his intent to commit the offense of robbery is not sufficient to support a conviction of the offense described in G.S. 14-87, for it omits the essential elements of (1) a taking or attempt to take personal property, and (2) the endangering or threatening of the life of a person.” State v. Evans and State v. Britton and State v. Hairston, 279 N.C. 447 , 183 S.E. 2d 540 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Jacobs“A defendant must be convicted, if at all, of the particular offense charged in the indictment. The State’s proof must conform to the specific allegations contained in the indictment. If the evidence fails to do so, it is insufficient to convict the defendant of the crime as charged.”
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.