2004 UT App 95 - State v. Vialpando’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the [breathalyzer] machine had been properly checked by a trained technician, and that the machine was in proper working condition at the time of the test; (2) the test was administered correctly by a qualified operator; and (3) a police officer observed the defendant during the fifteen minutes immediately preceding the test to ensure that the defendant introduced nothing into his or her mouth during that time.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Cook · 726 F. Supp. 2d 1307 - United States v. Gorder

2. “It is understood, of course, that any detention, regardless of the justification, must be limited in scope and duration to the circumstances that prompted the detention.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Hurt