State v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"[A] law enforcement officer has administered a field sobriety test to the operator of the vehicle involved in the violation and if it is shown by clear and convincing evidence that the officer administered the test in substantial compliance with the testing standards for any reliable, credible, and generally accepted field sobriety tests that were in effect at the time the tests were administered, including, but not limited to, any testing standards then in effect that were set by the national highway traffic safety administration."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Marcinko, Unpublished Decision (3-2-2007) · State v. Auld, 2006-Cac-120091 (7-9-2007)

2. “(iii) If testimony is presented or evidence is introduced under division (D)(4)(b)(i) or (ii) of this section and if the testimony or evidence is admissible under the Rules of Evidence, the court shall admit the testimony or evidence and the trier of fact shall give it whatever weight the trier of fact considers to be appropriate.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Boczar, Unpublished Decision (12-23-2005) · State v. Ladigo, Unpublished Decision (6-27-2006)

3. “The problem will only truly prejudice a defendant when the state relies exclusively on the HGN test at trial or where there were problems in the administration of the other FST's, or the other FST's otherwise yield inconclusive results.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ross, Unpublished Decision (12-18-2006)