State v. Hester’s Empirical Analysis

1976

Citation profile

488

cited by 488 later decisions

cited 2 times by the Supreme Court

states following

March 2026

most recently cited

5 federal appellate · 460 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 488 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2026 · most notably 20 Ohio App. 3d 172 - State v. Martin (1983), State v. Calhoun (1999)

5 federal appellate · 460 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 Powell v. State of Alabama Patterson · State v. Perry · United States v. DeCoster · Diggs v. Welch · Beasley v. United States

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 488 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“whether the accused, under all the circumstances, * * * had a fair trial and substantial justice was done.”
54 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. State v. Walker, Unpublished Decision (12-1-2005) · State v. Montgomery, 83914 (2-7-2008)
““(C) * * *Before granting a hearing on a petition [for postconviction relief], the court shall determine whether there are substantive grounds for relief. In making such a determination, the court shall consider, in addition to the petition, the supporting affidavits, and the documentary evidence, all the files and records pertaining to the proceedings against the petitioner, including, but not limited to, the indictment, the court’s journal entries, the journalized records of the clerk of the court, and the court reporter’s transcript. “(D) Within ten days after the docketing of the petition, or within any further time that the court may fix for good cause shown, the prosecuting attorney shall respond by answer or motion. Within twenty days from the date the issues are made up, either party may move for summary judgment. The right to summary judgment shall appear on the face of the record. “(E) Unless the petition and the files and records of the case show the petitioner is not entitled to relief, the court shall proceed to a prompt hearing on the issues even if a direct appeal of the case is pending.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. 5 Ohio App. 3d 182 - State v. Perkins · 127 Ohio App. 3d 578 - State v. Pierce
“make and file findings of fact and conclusions of law as to the reasons for dismissal of [if the court in fact dismisses the petition] and as to the grounds for relief relied upon in [the] petition.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
e.g. 69 Ohio App. 3d 559 - State v. Gunter · State v. Chandler, Unpublished Decision (3-9-2006)

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.