State v. Hundley’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 4 district · 47 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently July 2025 · most notably State v. Lumley (1999), State v. Borrelli (1993)
2 federal appellate · 4 district · 47 state decisions — followed in 12 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 88 Wash. 2d 221 - State v. Wanrow · State v. Reed · State v. Blocker · 94 Cal. App. 2d 146 - People v. Torres · State v. Simon
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... “immediate”, in the instruction on self defense places undue emphasis on the immediate action of the deceased, and obliterates the nature of the buildup of terror and fear which had been systematically created over a long period of time.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Reid · State v. Buggs“the time limitations in the use of the word 'immediate' are much stricter than those in the use of the word 'imminent'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“”[T]here is no easy answer to why battered women stay with their abusive husbands. Quite likely emotional and financial dependency and fear are the primary reasons for remaining in the household. They feel incapable of reaching out for help and justifiably fear reprisals from their angry husbands if they leave or call the police. The abuse is so severe, for so long a time, and the threat of great bodily harm so constant, it creates a standard mental attitude in its victims. Battered women are terror-stricken people whose mental state is distorted and bears a marked resemblance to that of a hostage or a prisoner of war. The horrible beatings they are subjected to brainwash them into believing there is nothing they can do. They live in constant fear of another eruption of violence. They become disturbed persons from the torture.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Hodges
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.