State v. Lang’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The proper procedure was followed in this case. The state charged a gross misdemeanor DWI based on a prior misdemeanor DWI conviction occurring within 5 years of the present offense. [Appellant] properly challenged, in a pretrial proceeding, the constitutional validity of the prior misdemeanor conviction as the basis for the gross misdemeanor DWI charge. The burden is then on the state * * * to show that the contested evidence, in this case the prior conviction, was obtained consistent with constitutional requirements.”

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

2. “When defendant has counsel, it may be assumed that other important trial rights, including the factual basis for the plea, are being protected, at least for the purposes of a collateral attack.”

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