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← 326 N.C. 404 - State v. Bacon

State v. Bacon’s Empirical Analysis

1990

Citation profile

29
cited by 29 later decisions
1
states following
September 2002
most recently cited

24 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Witherspoon v. Illinois · Lockett v. Ohio · Wainwright v. Witt · McKoy v. North Carolina

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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “had been in the automobile with Bonnie Sue Clark and the victim, Glennie Leroy Clark; the victim called him a `nigger' and pulled a knife on him; he grabbed the knife from the victim and stabbed him; and, all of this took place while Bonnie Sue Clark was in the vehicle.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “at some point . . . told [Bacon] that she wished her husband was dead and did he know of anyone who would kill him.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “aid[ing] in the apprehension of another capital felon.”
    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.