State v. Peterson’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently May 1993
3 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. Lingman
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We also stated therein that the ‘unlawful act’ must be ‘reckless or in marked disregard for the safety of others.’ The implication is that the nature of the unlawful act must be such that it has potentialities of injury to others. * * * In other words, the compliance with the law affects the manner of handling the machine. * * “Under the principle of the Lingman case, the driving without a license — or after it has been revoked' — is an offense malum prohibitum that is not the foundation for an involuntary manslaughter charge. With or without a license, the manner of driving is not affected. We believe that appellant’s point is well taken. The admission of such evidence invites punitive measures without regard" to the elements of the offense charged.””
1 later decision 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.