126 Misc. 2d 116 - People v. McHugh’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[c]ollateral estoppel lies only when a Court can point with certainty that the issue in question was necessarily determined in a prior proceeding”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Benton v. Crittenden

2. “[m]anslaughter, reckless driving and intoxicated driving have substantially different elements”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 467 So. 2d 273 - Sporl v. City of Hoover