State v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
43
cited by 43 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 35 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Delaware v. Prouse · Illinois v. Wardlow · United States v. Martinez-Fuerte · Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz · City of Indianapolis v. Edmond
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an overt act or an attempt, or the unequivocal appearance of an attempt, with force and violence, to do some immediate physical injury to the person of another, which show of force or menace of violence must be sufficient to put a person of reasonable firmness in fear of immediate bodily harm.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“There is no statutory definition of assault in North Carolina, and the crime of assault is governed by common law rules.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“'[p]olice officers effectuate a seizure when they stop a vehicle at a checkpoint.' As with all seizures, checkpoints conform with the Fourth Amendment only 'if they are reasonable.'”
2 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.