Lopez v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"In order to level out and bring order to a chaotic state of the law, we hold that all vehicular homicides, short of murder and voluntary manslaughter, are prosecutable exclusively as a violation of § 31-5-1115, W.S. 1977. We overrule all decisions of this court to the contrary. * * *"”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sodergren v. State · State v. Sodergren

2. ““(a) When the death of any person ensues within one (1) year as a proximate result of injury received by the driving of any vehicle in reckless disregard of the safety of others, the person so operating such vehicle shall be guilty of negligent homicide. “(b) Any person convicted of negligent homicide shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year or by fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. “(c) The director shall revoke the license or permit to-drive and any nonresident operating privilege of any person convicted of negligent homicide.””

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

3. ““Whoever unlawfully kills any human being without malice, expressed or implied, either voluntarily, upon a sudden heat of passion, or involuntarily, but in the commission of some unlawful act, or by any culpable neglect or criminal carelessness, is guilty of manslaughter, and shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than twenty (20) years.””

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