State v. Byerly’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) whether or not the person was arrested; (2) whether or not the arresting officer had reasonable grounds to believe that the person was driving a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated condition, and; (3) whether or not the person refused to submit to the test.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Duncan v. Safety Responsibility Unit, Department of Revenue · Maddox v. Director of Revenue

2. ““While in a criminal case the extrajudicial statements of an accused are not admissible to show guilt in the absence of independent direct or circumstantial proof of the corpus delicti ..., the purpose of [the statute authorizing] license revocation, is to protect the public, not to punish the licensee.... For even though a driver may be acquitted of the criminal charge of operation of a vehicle while intoxicated, his license nevertheless may be revoked for failure to submit to the test. The operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated may give rise to two proceedings, one criminal or quasi-criminal [breach of statute or ordinance], and the other civil [revocation of license] —each proceeding independent of the other.... There was no impediment to the reception of the extrajudicial statement to prove that the officers had reasonable grounds to believe [the driver] operated his motor vehicle while intoxicated.” Id. at 602 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Borchelt v. Director of Revenue