State v. Lopez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Before the intoxication defense comes into play, a defendant must offer intoxication as an explanation for his actions." The mere fact of a person's drinking does not create a presumption of intoxication, and the possibility of intoxication does not create the presumption that a person is rendered incapable of intending to do a certain act." Put another way, a defendant cannot offer intoxication as an explanation for his action solely by introducing evidence that he may have been drinking.”

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

2. “Further, and importantly, the facts regarding consumption of intoxicating substances in Lopez are vastly different from the instant case. In Lopez , while there was testimony that the group of people that the defendant was with before the shooting had been drinking beer and smoking marijuana and that the defendant”

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

3. “offer intoxication as an explanation for his actions.”

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