State v. Kauhane.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Where a statute sets forth with reasonable clarity all essential elements of the crime intended to be punished, and fully defines the offense in unmistakable terms readily comprehensible to persons of common understanding, a charge drawn in the language of the statute will be sufficient.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Kaakimaka · State v. Salvas

2. “When a criminal defendant challenges the sufficiency of a charge in a timely manner, an appellate court will uphold that charge if: (1) it 15 FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI#I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER contains the elements of the offense; and (2) it sufficiently apprises the defendant of what the defendant must be prepared to meet.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Salvas · State v. Slavik.

3. “A charge's essential elements include conduct, attendant circumstances, and results of conduct.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Kaakimaka · State v. Jardine