State v. Hatten’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

83 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 84 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “However, "there can be a fine, fuzzy, and subjective line between intoxication and [substantial] impairment. Every alcohol consumption does not lead to a substantial impairment. Additionally, the waters become even murkier when reviewing whether the defendant knew, or should have known, that someone was [substantially] impaired rather than merely intoxicated."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Bentz · State v. Kaufhold

2. “the testimony of persons who had some interaction with the victim and by permitting the trier of fact to obtain its own assessment of the victim's ability to either appraise or control her conduct.”

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