163 Mich. App. 473 - People v. Abramczyk’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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

1. “Any person who, by the operation of any vehicle upon any highway or upon any other property, public or private, at an immoderate rate of speed or in a careless, reckless or negligent manner, but not willfully or wantonly, shall cause the death of another, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not more than two years or by a fine of not more than $2,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment. M.C.L. § 750.324; M.S.A. § 28.556.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 590 So. 2d 1139 - State v. Ritchie

2. “The law is well settled that the legislature, in the exercise of its police power in order to preserve the health, morals, and safety, may constitute something to be a crime that theretofore was not criminal. It may impose a criminal responsibility to a tort that theretofore carried with it only civil liability. 249 Mich. at 162 , 228 N.W. at 723 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 590 So. 2d 1139 - State v. Ritchie

3. “Because the offense is a statutory crime, the legislature has the power to define it without regard to the presence or absence of criminal intent or culpability in its commission.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 590 So. 2d 1139 - State v. Ritchie