Hill v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
February 1998
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Enmund v. Florida · Pulley v. Harris · Bullington v. Missouri · Arizona v. Rumsey · Goldsworthy v. Hannifin
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[n]othing contained in the record indicates that the sentence of death was imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice, or any arbitrary factor,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Beets v. State“the sentence of death is not excessive ... considering both the crime and the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Beets v. State
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.