62 N.C. App. 190 - State v. Tew’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
November 2016
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Stephens · State v. Joyner · State v. Cox · State v. Cummings · State v. Blizzard
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The essential elements of the crime ... are that: (1) The building was used in trade; (2) a fire occurred in it; (3) the fire was of incendiary origin; and (4) the defendants unlawfully and wilfully started or were responsible for it. G.S. 14-62.”
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.