State v. Cantrell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

45 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““When the death of any person ensues within one 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.” (Emphasis supplied.)”

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

2. “The determination whether a person is intoxicated is open to the observation of all persons without the necessity of peculiar scientific knowledge. The recognition of intoxication, however, is one of those matters which involves the statement of the impression or belief in the mind of the witness produced by various cireumstances which cannot be made intelligible to the jury apart from the impression they create. Since a description of the appearance of a person, his or her acts, gestures, looks, and other indications of a state of sobriety or of intoxication which make the impression on one's mind as to whether a person is sober or intoxicated is regarded as practically impossible, a witness who has had the opportunity to observe the facts forming the basis of his or her opinion may therefore give an opinion as to whether the person was intoxicated at the particular time in question.”

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

3. ““There can be no doubt at all that the information charged the crime of manslaughter properly for Section 33-417, W.R.S. 1931, now Section 10-705, W.C.S. 1945 provides that: ‘In any indictment for manslaughter, it shall be sufficient to charge that the defendant did unlawfully kill the deceased’. The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure relative to charging a crime by indictment of course apply as well to prosecution by information. Section 10-613, W.C.S. 1945, W.R.S. 1931, Section 33-431. In State v. McComb, 33 Wyo. 346 , 239 P. 526 , 41 A.L.R. 717 , this court held that an information couched in practically identical languagé with that used in the case at bar was sufficient without setting out the facts by which the unlawful killing was accomplished despite the contention that such facts should have been alleged.””

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