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) 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 passagee.g. State v. Ruben · State v. Hamblin“failure to perceive the risk constitutes a gross deviation from the reasonable man standard,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[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 passagee.g. State v. Hamblin
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.