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← 137 Vt. 482 - State v. Wall

State v. Wall’s Empirical Analysis

1979

Citation profile

17
cited by 17 later decisions
2
states following
May 1994
most recently cited

17 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on People v. Sudduth · City of Westerville v. Cunningham · 127 N.J. Super. 522 - Nat. Org. for Women v. Little League Baseball, Inc. · State v. Kasper · State v. Goyet

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

  1. “A person who, by drinking intoxicating liquor, has failed to retain full control of the faculties of his mind and body is under the influence of intoxicating liquor. The extent to which he has lost the use of his mental and physical powers is not material to this question. The state need not prove that the Defendant was under the influence of intoxicating liquor to such an extent that his ability to operate a motor vehicle was impaired. However, a person operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor in the slightest degree is within the statutory prohibition of operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. State v. Zumbo
  2. “(3) If there was at that time 0.10 percent or more by weight of alcohol in the person’s blood or breath, as shown by analysis of the person’s blood or breath, it shall be [a] permissive inference that the person was under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of section 1201(a)(2) or (3) of this title.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. State v. Zumbo

How this case has been treated — in progress

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