Moxie v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the trial court did not err in denying Moxie’s motion for judgment of acquittal. Officer Hinz’ attempt to take custody of Moxie at the express request of Lois Robinson [the hotel manager] was unquestionably proper. Certainly, it is not the sole responsibility of a person making a citizen’s arrest to subdue, control and transport the arrestee into the formal custody of the state_ [I]n this situation, a peace officer must be regarded as an agent of the person making the arrest. We believe it to be well within the inherent authority of the arresting citizen to seek the aid of a law enforcement officer and well within the scope of an officer’s duties to render aid to a citizen who requests assistance in making an arrest. Consequently, we hold that ... [the resisting arrest statute] precludes resistance to a law enforcement officer’s attempts to take an arrestee into custody where, as here, the private person who initiates the arrest has delegated this task to the peace officer.”

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