DeLarue v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[N]o attempt was made to quantify the presence; no attempt was made to show when the marijuana was introduced into his system; no attempt was made to show appellant was “under the influence” of the marijuana at the time of the accident; and no attempt was made to show causation between appellant’s behavior and the presence of marijuana in his system.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Ashby v. State

2. “'special knowledge' regarding accident reconstruction that was derived from specialized education, practical experience, and an on-site inspection of the accident scene, ... the trial court did not act arbitrarily and unreasonably-namely, without reference to any guiding rule or principle-in admitting the State's expert witness's testimony”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Canada v. State

3. “police officers are qualified to testify regarding accident reconstruction if they are trained in the science about which they will testify and possess the high degree of knowledge sufficient to qualify as an expert”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Canada v. State