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← 355 N.C. 266 - State v. Stancil

State v. Stancil’s Empirical Analysis

2002

Citation profile

145
cited by 145 later decisions
2
states following
February 2019
most recently cited

143 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on State v. Odom · State v. Walker · State v. Kennedy · State v. Hall · Britt v. Hayes

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

  1. “In a sexual offense prosecution involving a child victim, the trial court should not admit expert opinion that sexual abuse has in fact occurred because, absent physical evidence supporting a diagnosis of sexual abuse, such testimony is an impermissible opinion regarding the victim's credibility. However, an expert witness may testify, upon a proper foundation, as to the profiles of sexually abused children and whether a particular complainant has symptoms or characteristics consistent therewith.”
    33 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “that the error committed did not cause the jury to reach a different verdict than it otherwise would have reached.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “it did not rise to the level of plain error.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

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.