State v. Ward’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently August 2015 · most notably State v. Morgan (2004), State v. Prevatte (2002)
36 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 Bryant Et Al. v. North Carolina; And Horn v. North Carolina · State v. Wade · State v. Dooley · Perfecting Service Co. v. Product Development & Sales Co. · State v. . Harris
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.
“Defendant’s next argument relates to the following charge to the jurors: Now, the court instructs you that a verdict is not a verdict unless and until all twelve jurors agree unanimously as to what your decision shall be; that is, all twelve minds agree on a verdict of guilty or not guilty. Defendant argues that the court should have also instructed that individual jurors were not to surrender their own convictions solely in order to reach a verdict. We note, however, that defendant requested no instructions to this effect, and we are therefore not readily disposed to hear his complaint now. See State v. Poole, 25 N.C. App. 715 , 214 S.E. 2d 774 (1975). Furthermore, the instruction as given is in accordance with the law of this State as set out in G.S. 15A-1235 as follows: “Before the jury retires for deliberation, the judge must give an instruction which informs the jury that in order to return a verdict, all 12 jurors must agree to a verdict of guilty or not guilty.” [Emphasis added.] We find no error.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Defendant's reliance on Dilldine is misplaced. There, the defendant was charged on two counts of the same offense, felonious assault with intent to kill, on the basis of what can only be characterized as one assault, or one continuous transaction. In the case at bar, defendant has been charged with two separate and distinct offenses which happen to grow out of the particular facts of this case. It is elementary that a defendant may be charged with more than one offense based on a given course of conduct.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Other jurisdictions hold that the sound exercise of the trial court’s discretion should result in a bifurcated trial only when “a defendant shows that he has a substantial insanity defense and a substantial defense on the merits to any element of the charge, either of which would be prejudiced by simultaneous presentation with the other.” Contee v. United States, 410 F. 2d 249 (D.C. Cir. 1969).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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