Odell Hargrow Hill v. W. J. Estelle, Jr.’s Empirical Analysis
653 F.2d 202 · 1981
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently June 2009 · most notably United States v. Bermingham (1988), Teague v. Scott (1995)
26 federal appellate · 4 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 Boykin v. Alabama · McMann v. Richardson · Hicks v. Oklahoma · United States v. Tucker · McClain 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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[v]iolation of state sentencing statutes can in certain circumstances invoke the due process protections of the Constitution”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“there is no basis in this case for holding that any misinformation, because of the difference between possible punishment ranges, would have had any effect on Hill's plea of guilty. Therefore, this ineffective assistance claim is also not cognizable on federal habeas corpus review”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Micheaux v. Collins“Even if misinformed about the possible maximum sentence, the defendant’s plea is not to be set aside as involuntary if he receives a sentence less than the law permitted, or less than the defendant was informed that the court would impose.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dodd v. Williams
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.