Hames v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
June 2013
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Givens v. State · Woodham v. State · Russell v. State · Rowe 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Hames and his brother Sam went hunting on their parents’ land. The two separated so as to hunt on different areas. Hames spotted something which, according to his subsequent statement and testimony, he mistook for a crouching animal, such as a bobcat or wildcat. In fact, what he saw was the victim, Sam. Hames aimed at the crouching figure through the scope on his rifle and fired, killing his brother.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Henderson v. Hames“use[ ] a firearm or archery tackle in a manner to endanger the bodily safety of another person by consciously disregarding a substantial and unjustifiable risk that his act or omission will cause harm to or endanger the safety of another person and the disregard constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care which a reasonable person would exercise in the situation ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Henderson v. Hames“reflect[ed] only an aggressive interrogation technique designed to test the truthfulness of [Towry's] denial”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Towry v. State
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.