State v. Soto’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A foundation is ordinarily unnecessary when introducing a public record into evidence because a public official is presumed to properly perform his duty and because it is thus more likely that the public record will be accurate. However, when questions are raised about the manner in which the record was made or kept or when other sufficient negative factors are present, a determination of trustworthiness must be made by the trial court before admitting the record.”

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

2. “A person is under the influence of intoxicating liquor if “as a result of drinking liquor [the driver] was less able to the slightest degree, either mentally or physically, or both, to exercise the clear judgment and steady hand necessary to handle a vehicle with safety to [the driver] and the public.””

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

3. “Defendant's admission that his driver's license was revoked provided evidence, apart from the challenged record, sufficient to prove this element of the crime charged.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Iowa v. Deshaun Marvin Lamar Williams