State v. Chavez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 106 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 108 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “1. [Defendant] permitted Uriah ... to be placed in a situation which endangered the life or health of Uriah ...; 2. [Defendant acted with reckless disregard. To find that [Defendant] acted with reckless disregard, you must find that [Defendant] knew or should have known [Defendant's actions or failure to act created a substantial and foreseeable risk, [Defendant disregarded that risk and [Defendant was wholly indifferent to the consequences of the failure to act ... and to the welfare and safety of Uriah ...[;] 3. [Defendant] was a parent, guardian or custodian of the child, or [Defendant had accepted responsibility for the child’s welfare; 4. [Defendant’s] actions or failure to act resulted in the death of Uriah ...; 5. Uriah ... was under the age of 18; 6. This happened in New Mexico on or between July 27, 2004[,] and July 29, 2004.”

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

2. “[W]e apply a substantial evidence standard to review the sufficiency of the evidence at trial. The relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. In performing this review, we must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the guilty verdict, indulging all reasonable inferences and resolving all conflicts in the evidence in favor of the verdict. [We do] not weigh the evidence or substitute [our] judgment for that of the fact finder as long as there is sufficient evidence to support the verdict.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1 N.M. Ct. App. 257 - State v. Greenwood

3. “our Legislature has empowered the State with a broad array of civil remedies, ranging from the benign, like ensuring that children receive nutritious meals, to the intrusive, such as placement of children in foster care or termination of parental rights altogether. On the far end of this spectrum lies the sanction for criminal child abuse, which classifies abuse as, at a minimum, a third-degree felony punishable by up to three years imprisonment.”

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