State v. Froneberger’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
November 1981
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Fulcher · State v. Thornton · State v. Hunter · State v. Nugent · State v. McBane
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Jurors For The State Upon Their Oath Present that on or about the 13 day of July, 1979, in Mecklen-burg County, Ronald Tyree Fronberger, did unlawfully, wilfully and feloniously confine, restrain, and remove another person, Ethell Wilson, for the purpose of facilitating the commission of the felony of murder in teh [sic] first degree, adn [sic] said Ethell Wilson was killed as a result of said kidnapping, in violation of G.S. 14-39.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Sturdivant
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.