40 N.C. App. 591 - State v. Spellman’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
December 2008
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Houchins v. KQED, Inc. · State v. Bell · State v. Furr · State v. Hill · State v. Rigsbee
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To prove a speeding violation, there must be evidence to show defendant was operating a motor vehicle upon the highways of the state at a rate greater than the designated speed limit.”
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.