Hamilton v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
July 1981
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ramsey 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Whenever a person is convicted of a crime and no death sentence is imposed, the court shall either: (1) Suspend the execution of sentence in whole or in part, with or without probation, or (2) Impose a fine prescribed by law for the offense, with or without probation or commitment, or (3) Commit such person for confinement provided for by law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sargent 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.