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← 291 GA 413 - State v. Hodges

State v. Hodges’s Empirical Analysis

2012

Citation profile

13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
May 2023
most recently cited

13 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Chandler v. State · Harris v. State · Lolley v. State · Woods 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “may be offered as evidence by the accused upon the accused making a prima facie showing that the victim was the aggressor and was assaulting the accused, who was acting to defend himself.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “If such showing is made, evidence of the victim's reputation for violence is then admissible to corroborate the accused's story.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “a murder victim's reputation for violence is irrelevant and inadmissible in criminal proceedings.”
    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.