People v. Sudduth’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 252 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 263 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2019 · most notably South Dakota v. Neville (1983), 30 Cal. 3d 43 - People v. Collie (1981)
8 federal appellate · 252 state decisions — followed in 26 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Schmerber v. State of California · Griffin v. California · Malloy v. Hogan · Breithaupt v. Abram · People v. Gilbert
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 263 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The value of such objective scientific data of intoxication to supplement the fallible observations by humans of behavior seemingly symptomatic of intoxication cannot be disputed. [Citation.] In a day when excessive loss of life and property is caused by inebriated drivers, an imperative need exists for a fair, efficient, and accurate system of detection, enforcement and, hence, prevention. [Citation.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Whether or not [refusal to take a breathalyzer test] shows a consciousness of guilt and the significance to be attached to such a circumstance are matters for your determination. 6”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The value of such objective scientific data of intoxication to supplement the fallible observations by humans of behavior seemingly symptomatic of intoxication cannot be disputed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Peterson v. State
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.