State v. Collins’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “{10} The regulation requires that: Breath shall be collected only after the Operator ... has ascertained that the subject has not had anything to eat, drink or smoke for at least 20 minutes prior to collection of the first breath sample. If during this time the subject eats, drinks or smokes anything, another 20 minute[ ] deprivation period must be initiated.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Willie · State v. Willie

2. “continuous observation for at least 20 minutes prior to collection of the first breath sample. If during this time the subject regurgitates or introduces any foreign substance . . . another 20 minute[] observation period must be initiated.”

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

3. “[i]n general, a crime is a lesser included offense of another when the defendant could not have committed the greater offense without also committing the lesser offense”

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