State v. Buckner’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 67 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 70 later decisions — most recently May 2018 · most notably State v. Golphin (2000), State v. Fair (2001)
3 federal appellate · 67 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 Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Chapman v. State of California · Doyle v. Ohio · Snyder v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts · Jenkins v. Anderson
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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Both the State and the defendant have the right to question prospective jurors about their views on the death penalty. State v. Green, 336 N.C. 142, 159 , 443 S.E.2d 14, 24 , cert. denied, [513] U.S. [1046], 130 L. Ed. 2d 547 (1994). The manner and extent of such an inquiry lie within the trial court’s discretion. Id. “The trial court has broad discretion to see that a competent, fair, and impartial jury is impaneled, and its rulings in that regard will not be reversed absent a showing of an abuse of its discretion.” State v. Conaway, 339 N.C. 487, 508 , 453 S.E.2d 824, 837-38 , [cert. denied, 516 U.S. 884 , 133 L. Ed. 2d 153 ] (1995).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Steen“Here, the trial court used the phrase “knowingly advised, instigated, encouraged, procured or aided the other person or persons to commit the crime.” ... We conclude these instructions clearly convey that for the jury to find defendant guilty under the theory of aiding and abetting, defendant had to have knowingly participated in the murder based on an intent to assist Bivens in committing the crimes for which defendant was charged. The instructions were not erroneous, and defendant’s assignment of error is overruled.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Lucas“The crime was as calculated and deliberate as a murder can be. In the lengthy, purposeful plotting, and in the execution of his crime, the defendant displayed a cold callousness and obliviousness to the value of human life. He had demonstrated those qualities before: his criminal record was replete with evidence of his dangerousness and propensity to act violently toward others .... In addition, defendant displayed absolutely no remorse or contrition for his act.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Wooten
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.