State v. Heatwole’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
3
states following
December 2008
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McKoy v. North Carolina · State v. Ahearn · State v. Jones · State v. Jerrett · North Carolina National Bank v. Burnette
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“releasing a kidnap victim when the kidnapper is aware he is cornered and outnumbered by law enforcement officials is not `voluntary' and that sending [the victim] out into the focal point of their weapons is not a `safe place.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The trial court has wide latitude in determining the existence of mitigating factors.”
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.