State v. Arguello’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[I]t is settled that criminal or penal legislation amending existing law may not change the legal consequences of acts completed before its effective date, a statute, however, is not rendered unconstitutional as an ex post facto law merely because it might operate on a fact or status preexisting the effective date of the legislation, as long as its punitive features apply only to acts committed after the statutory proscription becomes effective.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Smith

2. “SDCL 32-23-4.1 operates prospectively, applying past convictions to determine the punishment for a conviction that occurs down the road. At all times, the punishment is for the then existing conviction and not for the prior convictions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Smith

3. “because he was not informed that [his two prior DUI] convictions could subsequently be used to enhance his [current DUI] sentence they are void for enhancement purposes”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2003 UT App 381 - State v. Marshall