67 N.C. App. 524 - State v. King’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
May 2004
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Tucker · State v. Riddick · Williams v. . Williams · State v. Smith · State v. Conyers
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When a statement purporting to be a confession bears the signature of the accused, it is presumed, nothing else appearing, that the accused has read it or has knowledge of its contents.” State v. Walker, 269 N.C. 135, 139 , 152 S.E. 2d 133, 137 (1967). The rule in civil cases, also applicable to the defendant’s argument in this criminal case, is that a person who signs a paper writing has a duty to ascertain the contents of the writing, and he will be held to have signed with full knowledge and assent as to its contents unless it is shown that he was wilfully misled or misinformed by the opposing party, or if the contents were fraudulently withheld from him. Williams v. Williams, 220 N.C. 806 , 18 S.E.2d 364 (1942).”
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.