State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[T]his Court defers to the district court’s findings of fact and resolves conflicts in testimony in favor of affirmance. This Court will affirm a district court decision regarding a motion to suppress if there is sufficient competent evidence fairly capable of supporting the district court’s findings, and the decision is not contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence. Questions of law are fully reviewable on appeal, and whether a finding of fact meets a legal standard is a question of law.””

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Thompson · State v. Morin

2. ““1. A person may not drive or be in actual physical control of any vehicle upon a highway or upon public or private areas to which the public has a right of access for vehicular use in this state if any of the following apply: [[Image here]] “e. That individual refuses to submit to any of the following: [[Image here]] “(2) A chemical test, or tests, of the individual’s blood, breath, or urine to determine the alcohol concentration or presence of other drugs, or combination thereof, in the individual’s blood, breath, or urine, at the direction of a law enforcement officer under section 39 — 20—01[.]””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Bauer · City of Bismarck v. Bullinger

3. “An affirmative refusal to submit to a chemical test must be clear and unequivocal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sutton v. N.D. Dept. of Transportation