State v. Hickson’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
2
states following
November 1989
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Intogna · State v. Dutton · State v. Rivera · State v. Foggy · Singh v. State
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.
“"In her own statement the appellant indicates that she pulled the gun out of her purse and fired it.... The appellant intended to shoot. This fact makes an instruction on involuntary manslaughter inappropriate."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Griffiths
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.