State v. Cabana’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
3
states following
August 2014
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Hoffman · State v. Maier · State v. Storm · 188 N.J. Super. 656 - State v. Brown · 297 N.J. Super. 35 - N.B. v. T.B.
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he district court did not consider the merits of this issue on an individual basis.... The record in each case is utterly bare of the attendant circumstances surrounding these violations. Under the circumstances, we think it was an abuse of discretion to dismiss the charges as de minimis infractions without any indicators to show that each of these offenses was in fact an innocent, technical infraction, not actually causing or threatening any harm or evil sought to be prevented by [the statute under which the defendants were charged], or that the harm or evil caused or threatened was [too] trivial to warrant the condemnation of conviction.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“In our collective experiences, for example, we have all observed two workers or friends or a parent and child arguing when one may firmly grab the arm of the other to direct action or emphasize a point. As a result, physical pain may occur, but any “bodily injury” caused is not sufficiently serious to fall within the assault statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“directs that in making his determination the assignment judge shall have “regard to the nature of the conduct charged to constitute an offense and the nature of the attendant circumstances." Emphasis supplied. Defendant's conduct was not intended to be the sole criterion.”
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.