State v. Henderson’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
45 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently January 2023 · most notably State of Ga. v. Alford (1994), Lewis v. State (2008)
45 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 Sanchez v. Walker County Department of Family & Children Services · Bass v. Doughty · City of Roswell v. City of Atlanta · Swails v. State of Ga. · O'Neal v. Spencer
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“ensure a speedy resolution of contested forfeiture cases in the courts, as well as a speedy resolution of property rights.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Although a respondent [in a forfeiture proceeding] may seek a continuance of a hearing, it is the duty of the state to obtain a continuance if it does not invoke a hearing within the 60-day period or otherwise avoid the necessity of the hearing, e.g., by obtaining a dismissal of an answer. Of course, the trial court may continue the hearing on its own, for good cause, without a motion by either party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“are required to strictly construe the forfeiture statute. See Hill v. State, 178 Ga.App. 563, 565 (2) ( 343 SE2d 776 ) (1986); Lang v. State, 168 Ga.App. 693, 695 (4) ( 310 SE2d 276 ) (1983).”
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.