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← 283 N.C. 541 - State v. Gurley

State v. Gurley’s Empirical Analysis

1973

Citation profile

27
cited by 27 later decisions
1
states following
February 1987
most recently cited

27 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on State v. Williams · State v. Westbrook · State v. Waddell · State v. McNeil · State v. . Hunt

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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “In view of the overwhelming evidence presented by the state of unquestioned competence, any error in the admission of the evidence of which [defendant] now complains, assuming timely objection had been made, would clearly have been harmless error.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “his possession of, familiarity with and interest in [pornographic magazines] for the purpose of impeachment,”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “may be questioned as to particular acts impeaching his character.”
    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.