State v. Hamilton’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
2 district · 69 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions — most recently October 2020 · most notably State v. Chandler (2018), State v. Pioletti (1990)
2 district · 69 state decisions
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 Spencer v. State of Texas a Bell · State v. Van Cleave · State v. Jones · State v. Harrold · 4 Kan. App. 2d 130 - State v. Stoops
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘Allegations of judicial misconduct during trial must be decided on the particular facts and circumstances surrounding such alleged misconduct; and in order to warrant or require the granting of a new trial it must affirmatively appear that the conduct was of such a nature that it prejudiced die substantial rights of die complaining party.' ””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Anderson · State v. Nguyen““A sentence imposed which is within the statutory limits will not be disturbed on appeal, provided it is within the realm of discretion on the part of the trial court and not a result of partiality or prejudice.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Baker v. State“can be easily influenced by the slightest suggestion coming from the court, whether it be a nod of the head, a smile, a frown, or a spoken word.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Chandler
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.