74 N.C. App. 728 - State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
June 2001
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 67 N.C. App. 549 - State v. Mitchell · State v. Hawkins · State v. Leeper · 59 N.C. App. 157 - State v. Morris · 59 N.C. App. 199 - State v. Leeper
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When a conviction or sentence imposed in superior court has been set aside on direct review or collateral attack, the court may not impose a new sentence for the same offense, or for a different offense based on the same conduct, which is more severe than the prior sentence less the portion of the prior sentence previously served.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“applies to the situation where the trial judge is weighing aggravating and mitigating factors on resentencing a defendant or on sentencing a defendant after a new trial. The statute prohibits the trial judge from imposing a more severe sentence because of reweighing aggravating factors, or because of new aggravating factors. .. .”
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.