Adams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
1
states following
August 1998
most recently cited
17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ex Parte Cannon · Whan v. State · Adams v. State · Grijalva v. State · Evans 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Commutation is ... an act appropriate for reducing existing sentences...,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Graham v. State“indicates that a pardon is valid even if granted before sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Graham 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.