State v. Hill’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 76 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 78 later decisions — most recently June 2012 · most notably State v. Gould (2001), State v. Mayberry (1991)
2 federal appellate · 76 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 Federal Trade Commission v. Textile & Apparel Group · State v. Ruebke · State v. Hunter · State v. Childers · State v. Gregory
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 78 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`Such emotional state of mind [heat of passion] must be of such a degree as would cause an ordinary man to act on impulse without reflection.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Dixon · State v. Hayes““ ‘[I]n order to rely on self-defense as a defense, a person must have a belief that the force used was necessary to defend himself and, also, show the existence of some facts that support such a belief.’ ... It is the duty of the trial court to instruct the jury on self-defense so long as there is any evidence tending to establish self-defense, although the evidence may be slight and may consist solely of the defendant’s own testimony.” 242 Kan. at 78 (quoting State v. Childers, 222 Kan. 32, 48 , 563 P.2d 999 [1977]).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Tyler · State v. Jordan““A person is justified in the use of force against an aggressor when and to the extent it appears to him and he reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to defend himself or another against such aggressor’s imminent use of unlawful force.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Gayden · State v. Rutter
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.