State v. Cross’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 56 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently July 1998 · most notably State v. Covington (1976), Adams v. North Carolina Department of Natural & Economic Resources (1978)
5 federal appellate · 56 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 United States v. Wade · Simmons v. United States · State v. Gray · State v. Westbrook · State v. Stepney
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.
“"Rape is the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. State v. Primes , 275 N.C. 61 , 165 S.E.2d 225 (1969); State v. Overman , 269 N.C. 453 , 153 S.E.2d 44 (1967). There must be penetration of the sexual organ of the female by the sexual organ of the male to constitute carnal knowledge in a legal sense, but the slightest penetration is sufficient. State v. Sneeden , 274 N.C. 498 , 164 S.E.2d 190 (1968). The testimony of the prosecutrix concerning her pregnancy tended to show penetration, one of the elements of rape. Defendant's plea of not guilty placed upon the state the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt all the essential elements of the offense charged. Hence, evidence tending to prove penetration, an essential element of the offense, was properly admitted. State v. McNeil , 277 N.C. 162 , 176 S.E.2d 732 (1970); State v. Perry , 275 N.C. 565 , 169 S.E.2d 839 (1969). . . ."”
2 later decisions 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.