State v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
36
cited by 36 later decisions
1
states following
April 1984
most recently cited
36 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Goines · State v. Overman · State v. Waddell · State v. McNeil · State v. Bryant
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ . . . take the evidence for the State as true, to give to the State the benefit of every reasonable inference to be drawn therefrom and to resolve in the favor of the State all conflicts, if any, therein.” (Citations omitted.) State v. Edwards, 286 N.C. 140, 145 , 209 S.E. 2d 789, 792 (1974).”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Walker · State v. Nichols“[t]he term `reasonable doubt' is more easily understood than defined.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Hunter
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.