Carolina v. Kelly’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
August 1969
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Bruce · 1 N.C. App. 142 - State v. Burgess · State v. Parrish · 1 N.C. App. 622 - State v. Chapman
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"* * * 'pjjjg Qourt and the Supreme Court of North Carolina have held repeatedly that a sentence within the statutory limits is not excessive, nor does it constitute cruel and unusual punishment. State v. Burgess, 1 N.C. App. 142 , 160 S.E. 2d 105 ; State v. Chapman, 1 N.C. App. 622 , 162 S.E. 2d 142 ; State v. Bruce, 268 N.C. 174 , 150 S.E. 2d 216 ; State v. Parrish, 273 N.C. 477 , 160 S.E. 2d 153 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Kotofsky
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.