State v. Sylvester Hameline’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
26
cited by 26 later decisions
2
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
26 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Lenihan · State v. Kotwicki · State v. Ashby · State v. Imlay · State v. Fuller
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a sentencing court's failure to abide by a statutory requirement rises to an objectionable sentence, not necessarily an illegal one that would invoke the Lenihan exception.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Jones“We repeat yet again our blanket prohibition on the use of polygraph test results in any way in any Montana court proceeding.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Walker“is merely a contention that his sentence is objectionable, not that it is illegal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Jones
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.