State v. Morales’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
2 district · 42 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 13701 (§ 20101 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994) · 42 U.S.C. § 13704 (§ 20104 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994)
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · McMillan v. Pennsylvania · Methola v. County of Eddy · State v. Johnson · State v. Freed
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[H]omicide by vehicle always results in death, but it can be committed by one who had only one drink but is thereby less able to drive safely, or it can be committed by one who intentionally and habitually gets drunk to the point of being several times over the legal limit, knowing that he or she must drive in a crowded area and is in no shape to do so, but does so nevertheless.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Montoya · State v. Solano“committed in a physically violent manner either with an intent to do serious harm or with recklessness in the face of knowledge that one's acts are reasonably likely to result in serious harm.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Solano · State v. Branch“due to the nature of the offense and the resulting harm”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Branch
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.