2000 UT App 322 - State v. Kenison’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
March 2013
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 26 Utah 2d 392 - State v. Tapp · 25 Utah 2d 230 - Belt v. Turner · State v. Patience · Nelson v. Salt Lake County · Horton v. Royal Order of the Sun
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Toluly when we find ambiguity in the statute's plain language need we seek guidance from the legislative history and relevant policy considerations.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“the rule of lenity, which provides that a defendant is entitled to the benefit of the lesser penalty afforded by an amended statute made effective prior to sentencing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Sessions“'[WJhere the statutory language is plain and unambiguous, we do not look beyond the language's plain meaning to divine legislative intent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.