Freeman v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the evidence is sufficient to show operation of a motor vehicle where the totality of the circumstances demonstrates that the defendant took action to affect the functioning of his vehicle in a manner that would enable the vehicle’s use.”

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

2. “that while driving does involve operation, operation does not necessarily involve driving.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brister, Mark Randall