96 N.C. App. 65 - State v. Dalton’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
April 2014
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Doyle v. Ohio · Greer v. Miller · Anderson v. Charles · State v. Riddick
Most-quoted passages
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“It is within the sound discretion of the trial judge to allow leading questions on direct examination, and in cases involving children or an inquiry into delicate subjects such as sexual matters, the judge is accorded wide latitude to exercise that discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the prosecuting witness . . . was fifteen years old at the time of trial. . . . [and] her testimony, in open court, pertained to sexual matters of a delicate, sensitive, and embarrassing nature”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.