State v. Locklear’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
87 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 87 later decisions — most recently June 2018 · most notably State v. Barfield (1979), 58 N.C. App. 330 - State v. Davis (1982)
87 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 Berger v. United States · Pope v. Nebraska · State v. Covington · State v. Westbrook · State v. Monk
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 87 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i] t is improper for a lawyer to assert his opinion that a witness is lying. He can argue to the jury that they should not believe a witness, but he should not call him a liar.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“Yet, even absent an objection, “it may be laid down as law, and not merely discretionary, that where the counsel grossly abuses his privelege, to the manifest prejudice of the opposite party, it is the duty of the judge to stop him then and there. And if he fails to do so and the impropriety is gross, it is good ground for a new trial.” Jenkins v. Ore. Co., 65 N.C. 563, 564-65 (1871); .. .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It is fair to say that improper suggestions, insinuations and assertions of personal knowledge by the prosecuting attorney ordinarily carry much weight against the accused when they should properly carry none. Consequently, the prosecutor may not determine matters of credibility and announce the result in open court that is the jury's prerogative.”
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.