Lawson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
January 1980
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hill 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘. . . When a sentence is within the limits imposed by statute, this Court will not modify the terms of that sentence unless we can conscientiously say that under all the facts and circumstances it is so excessive as to shock the conscience of the Court. . . . ’ ” (Citation omitted)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Tinker 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.