State v. Benton’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
August 2009
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mullaney v. Wilbur · Hankerson v. North Carolina · State v. Hankerson · Fowler v. North Carolina · State v. McWilliams
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“was not so confusing as to mislead the jury or affect the verdict,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Locklear“might be reviewed by the Committee ... for possible clarification”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Locklear
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.