Hamil v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 state decisions

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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Section 1.160(2) manifests the legislature’s intent that in qualifying cases a convicted defendant should benefit from an amending statute reducing the penalty for the crime for which he was convicted. Section 1.160(2) states “that if the penalty or punishment for any offense is reduced or lessened by any alteration of the law creating the offense, the penalty or punishment shall be assessed according to the amendatory law.” Section 1.160(2) is applicable to cases still pending at the time a reducing statute becomes law. A judgment is not final for purposes of appeal because it is not conclusive on the parties “until the losing party has failed to appeal within the time allowed by law, or having appealed, until the appeal is determined.” A suit is pending from the time it is instituted until its disposition is final.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hooper · State v. Pena