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← 352 N.C. 158 - State v. Braxton

State v. Braxton’s Empirical Analysis

2000

Citation profile

267
cited by 267 later decisions
5
states following
May 2019
most recently cited

4 federal appellate · 2 district · 259 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Batson v. Kentucky · Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Hernandez v. New York · Caldwell v. Mississippi · Jones v. United States

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

  1. ““The instantaneous conclusions of the mind as to the appearance, condition, or mental or physical state of persons, animals, and things, derived from observation of a variety of facts presented to the senses at one and the same time, are, legally speaking, matters of fact, and are admissible in evidence.””
    7 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “[T]his Court has consistently held that indictments for murder based on the short-form indictment statute are in compliance with both the North Carolina and United States Constitutions.”
    4 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “a statement other than one made by the declarant while testifying at the trial or hearing, offered in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted.”
    4 later decisions 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.