5 Haw. App. 491 - State v. O'BRIEN’s Empirical Analysis

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16 state decisions

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

1. “(b) A person committing the offense of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor shall be sentenced as follows without possibility of probation or suspension of sentence: (1) For a first offense, or any offense not preceded within a five-year period by a conviction under this section, by: (A)A fourteen-hour minimum alcohol abuse rehabilitation program ...; and (B) Ninety-day prompt suspension of license ...; and (C) Any one or more of the following: (i) Seventy-two hours of community service work; (ii) Not less than forty-eight hours and not more than five days of imprisonment; or (iii) A fine of not less than $150 but not more than $1000.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Lau

2. “An offense defined by this Code or by any other statute of this State constitutes a violation if it is so designated in this Code or in the law defining the offense or if no other sentence than a fine, or fine and forfeiture or other civil penalty, is authorized upon conviction or if it is defined by a statute other than this Code which provides that the offense shall not constitute a crime. A violation does not constitute a crime, and conviction of a violation shall not give rise to any civil disability based on conviction of a criminal offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Lau

3. “A. at common law it was triable by a jury; B. it is of a grave character, affecting the public at large; C. it involves moral delinquency; or D. society regards it with sufficient opprobrium.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 10 Haw. App. 220 - State v. Simeona