How cited: State v. . Hester · Go Syfert

State v. . Hester (1898)

green · 27 citation events across 3 courts. Showing the 3 strongest citers on record (one row per citing case, strongest signal kept).
Treatment trajectory · 1907 → 2026 · click a year to view the case as of then
190719662026
green State v. Singleton (2024)
Rule Authority · N.C. · 2 citations in this opinion
State v. Hester, 122 N.C. 1047, 1050 (1898).
green State v. Buck (1969)
Rule Authority · N.C. Ct. App.
The first witness for the State, Raymond Earl Joyner, a Tarboro police officer, stated that he “. . . knew Sidney Lee or Sidney Zeno Summerlin.” The North Carolina Supreme Court, speaking through Clark, J., in State v. Hester, 122 N.C. 1047, 1050 (1898), said: “Besides middle names and middle initials are immaterial and variances in that respect will not be considered, for the common law recognizes only one Christian name, 17 A. & E.
Cited · N.C. · signal: see
See State v. Singleton, 900 S.E.2d 802 , 823–24 (N.C. 2024) (“As we recognized in 1898, we reiterate that ‘[t]he practical sense of the age demands’ that technicalities should not carry the day . . . .” (first alteration in original) (quoting State v. Hester, 122 N.C. 1047, 1050 (1898))).