Hernandez v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
December 2025
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Whren v. United States · United States v. Hitt · O'BOYLE v. State · Gayler v. State · Alcala 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The rule of law against community outrage arguments is clear and unequivocal, 'This Court has frequently admonished prosecutors to seek convictions by presenting evidence of guilt, rather than by arousing the passions and prejudices of jurors against societal evils'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“in the context of the entire argument, and with reference to the entire record.”
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.