67 N.C. App. 490 - State v. Benfield’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
March 2012
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Ahearn · 62 N.C. App. 21 - State v. Mitchell · 62 N.C. App. 577 - State v. Huntley
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.
“[O]nly one factor in aggravation is necessary to support a sentence greater than the presumptive term. . . . [T]he trial judge may wish to exercise restraint when considering non-statutory aggravating factors after having found statutory factors. This prudent course of conduct would lessen the chance of having the case remanded for resentencing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Parker
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.