State v. Covington’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
52 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently December 2018 · most notably State v. Abraham (1994), State v. Williams (2002)
52 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 State v. Covington · State v. Myers · State v. Harris · State v. Williams · State v. Smith
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“how his case would have been better prepared had the continuance been granted or that he was materially prejudiced by the denial of his motion.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage“However, if `a motion to continue is based on a constitutional right, then the motion presents a question of law which is fully reviewable on appeal.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““[a] motion for a continuance is ordinarily addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court. Therefore, the ruling is not reversible on appeal absent an abuse of discretion.” State v. Smith, 310 N.C. 108, 111 , 310 S.E.2d 320, 323 (1984). However, if “a motion to con tinue is based on a constitutional right, then the motion presents a question of law which is fully reviewable on appeal.” Id. at 112 , 310 S.E.2d at 323 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Jones
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.