State v. Yabusaki’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
63 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 63 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably State v. Apao (1978), State v. Hernandez (1980)
63 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on State v. Rocker · State v. Cummings · State v. Cannon · State v. Iaukea · State v. Carvelo
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is an elementary principle of law that intent may be proved by circumstantial evidence; that the element of intent can rarely be shown by direct evidence; and it may be shown by reasonable inference arising from the circumstances surrounding the act.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Silva · State v. Coles“proof by circumstantial evidence and reasonable inferences arising from circumstances surrounding the defendant's conduct is sufficient. . . . Thus, the mind of an alleged offender may be read from his acts, conduct and inferences fairly drawn from all the circumstances.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Corder · State v. Gay“give 'full play to the right of the fact finder to determine 9 NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI‘I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER credibility, weigh the evidence, and draw justifiable inferences of fact.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Apao · State v. Reyes
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.