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← 605 P2D 1226 - State v. Chavez

State v. Chavez’s Empirical Analysis

1979

Citation profile

11
cited by 11 later decisions
2
states following
July 2015
most recently cited

11 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Harrington v. California · 24 Utah 2d 202 - State v. Scandrett · State v. Durrant · State v. Anderson · State v. Wade

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

  1. “(1) Criminal homicide constitutes automobile homicide if the actor, while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, a controlled substance, or any drug, to a degree which renders the actor incapable of safely driving a vehicle, causes the death of another by operating a motor vehicle in a negligent manner.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “failure to perceive the risk constitutes a gross deviation from the reasonable man standard,”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “[N]o person is guilty of an offense unless his conduct is prohibited by law and: (1) He acts intentionally, knowingly, recklessly or with criminal negligence with respect to each element of the offense as the definition of the offense requires_”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.