State v. Wiberg’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently April 2022 · most notably State v. Hernandez (1993), State v. Sosa (1997)
23 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 State v. Fish · State v. McAfee · State v. Sisneros · State v. Copeland · State v. Jacobs
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“For you to find the Defendant guilty of Reckless Driving as charged in Count XIII, the State must prove to your satisfaction beyond a reasonable doubt each of the following elements of the crime: 1. The Defendant drove a motor vehicle; 2. The Defendant drove carelessly and heedlessly in willful or wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others and without due caution and circumspection and at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property. 3. This happened in New Mexico, on or about the 28th day of September, 1996.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Santillanes“[o]nly a physician, licensed professional or practical nurse or laboratory technician or technologist employed by a hospital or physician shall withdraw blood from any person in the performance of a blood-alcohol test.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Adams“would significantly and unnecessarily limit the classes of individuals who could assist in furthering the statute's legislative purpose”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Adams
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.