State v. Hillard’s Empirical Analysis
2022
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
April 2025
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Mathews v. Eldridge · Delaware v. Van Arsdall · Chambers v. Mississippi · Brigham City v. Stuart
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A judicial action constitutes an abuse of discretion if (1) it is arbitrary, fanciful, or unreasonable; (2) it is based on an error of law; or (3) it is based on an error of fact.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Union“To establish [the charge of second-degree murder], each of the following claims must be proved:”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Ervin“Generally, jury instructions patterned after statutes are legally proper.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Ervin
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.