State v. Elwell’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
2
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Hodges v. Rainey · State v. Baccus · State v. Pittman · Charleston County School District v. State Budget & Control Board
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the primary intention behind section 56-5-2953 was to reduce the number of DUI trials heard as swearing contests by mandating the State videotape important events in the process of collecting DUI evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Kinard“The cardinal rule of statutory construction is a court must ascertain and give effect to the intent of the legislature.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“What a legislature says in the text of a statute is considered the best evidence of the legislative intent or will.”
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.