State v. Nakamitsu.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) A person commits the offense of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant if the person operates or assumes actual physical control of a vehicle: (1) While under the influence of alcohol in an amount sufficient to impair the person's normal mental faculties or ability to care for the person and guard against casualty; [or] ... (4) With .08 or more grams of alcohol per one hundred milliliters or cubic centimeters of blood.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Ui.

2. “[W]hile lack of remorse legitimately may be considered as a factor in sentencing, a court may never cross the line into attempting 'to compel an admission of guilt or punish the defendant for maintaining his innocence.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Kaluna