State v. . Barker

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• referring to the grand jury as “a bulwark against . . . oppression and despotism”
• stating that every defendant “charged with a criminal offense [by indictment] has the right to the decision of twenty-four of his fellow-citizens upon the question of his guilt: first, by a grand jury [of twelve], and secondly, by a petit jury [of twelve]”
• stating that every defendant “charged with a criminal offense [by indictment] has the right to the decision of twenty-four of his fellow-citizens upon the question of his guilt: first, by a grand jury [of twelve], and secondly, by a petit jury [of twelve]”
• referring to the grand jury as \a bulwark against ... oppression and despotism\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Rankin
  Supreme Court of North Carolina· 2018-12-21· cited 74×
• State v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of North Carolina· 1952-11-19· cited 58×
• Fitts v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1936-04-30· cited 54×
• English v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1893-01-15· cited 36×
• State v. Chance
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1923-04-12· cited 34×
• Jones v. McClaughry
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1915-02-26· cited 25×
• State v. Hatton Perry.
  Supreme Court of North Carolina· 1898-03-22· cited 23×
• Beck v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1978-04-04· cited 22×
• Opinion to the Governor
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1939-02-25· cited 17×
• Eastham v. Holt
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1897-09-14· cited 14×
• Donald v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1893-01-15· cited 13×
• State v. Jones
  Court of Appeals of North Carolina· 2017-09-05· cited 9×
• State v. Brawley
  Court of Appeals of North Carolina· 2017-10-17· cited 2×
• State v. Lancaster
  Court of Appeals of North Carolina· 2022-07-19