31 N.C. App. 673 - State v. Cole’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
March 1983
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Rummage · State v. Goodson · State v. Hunt · State v. . Riddle · Woodie v. Town of North Wilkesboro
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.
“It is for you, the jury, to determine the reasonableness of the defendant’s belief [that it was necessary to kill Roper] from the circumstances as they appeared to him at the time. In making this determination you should consider the circumstances as you find them to have existed from the evidence, including . . . the reputation, if any, of the deceased, Larry Roper, for danger and violence . . ..”
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.