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← 797 SO2D 914 - Hill v. State

Hill v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2001

Citation profile

14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
September 2018
most recently cited

13 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on McFee v. State · 606 So. 2d 1051 - Jones v. State · 682 So. 2d 340 - Brown v. State · 419 So. 2d 1324 - Pate v. State · 720 So. 2d 856 - Walters 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “The local jurisdiction of all offenses, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be in the county where committed. But, if on the trial the evidence makes it doubtful in which of several counties, including that in which the indictment or affidavit alleges the offense was committed, such doubt shall not avail to procure the acquittal of the defendant.”
    6 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “[e]vidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts is not admissible to prove the character of a person in order to show that he acted in conformity therewith. It may, however, be admissible for other purposes such as proof of motive....”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “[a]s long as the evidence is sufficient to lead a reasonable trier of fact to conclude that the crime in the present case occurred at least partly in Forrest County, then the evidence of venue is sufficient.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage

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.