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← 2009 VT 111 - State v. Hinchliffe

State v. Hinchliffe’s Empirical Analysis

2009

Citation profile

58
cited by 58 later decisions
2
states following
August 2025
most recently cited

57 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on State v. Ben-Mont Corporation · State v. Wheelock · State v. Stanislaw · State v. Bruyette · State v. Breen

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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “Even when the defendant asserts a violation of constitutional rights, failure to promptly raise the issue before the trial court results in waiver.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “To properly preserve an issue for appeal a party must present the issue with specificity and clarity in a manner which gives the trial court a fair opportunity to rule on it.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “would cause a reasonable person to fear [for the person's] physical safety or would cause a reasonable person substantial emotional distress.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.