State v. Hummel’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
74
cited by 74 later decisions
2
states following
March 2026
most recently cited
74 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Burks v. United States · United States v. Dominguez Benitez · People v. . Sullivan · 87 Wash. 2d 374 - State v. Arndt · 91 Wis. 2d 134 - Holland 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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]ppellate courts review the decisions of lower courts,”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[T]he law recognizes the prerogative of opposing counsel to swallow their tongue [during closing argument] instead of making an objection that might have the risk of highlighting problematic evidence or even just annoying the jury.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Reid · State v. Roberts“Where the judge gave him everything he asked for (sustaining his objection), he is in no position to ask for more on appeal.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Reid · State v. Fullerton
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.