State v. Mumford’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “For you to find the Defendant guilty of [driving while impaired] the State must prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt. First, the Defendant was driving a vehicle. Second, that the Defendant was driving that vehicle upon a highway or street within the state. Third, at the time the Defendant was driving the vehicle the Defendant was under the influence of an impairing substance. As I previously said, alcohol is an impairing substance. The Defendant is under the influence of an impairing substance when the Defendant has taken or consumed a sufficient quantity of that impairing substance to cause the Defendant to lose the normal control of the Defendant’s bodily or mental faculties or both to such an extent that there is an appreciable impairment of either or both of these faculties or had consumed sufficient alcohol that at any relevant time after the driving the Defendant had an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath. A relevant time is any time after the driving that the driver still has in the body alcohol consumed before or during the driving. The results of a chemical analysis are deemed sufficient evidence to prove a person’s alcohol concentration.”

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

2. “The Court: . . . The Court orders that judgment be rendered against the Defendant in the amount of $228 — $228,043.84. Is this the amount that does not include insurance payments? Mr. Rogerson [defense counsel]: It does not, Your Honor. Mr. Muskus [prosecutor]: It does, Judge, that’s actually Ms. Tyndall— Mr. Rogerson: We verified that? Mr. Muskus: It does. Mr. Rogerson: Okay. All right, that’s fine. The Court: Okay. Judgment in the amount of $228,043.84.”

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