7 Haw. App. 368 - State v. Christie’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
15 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently April 2012
15 state decisions
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 Camara v. Agsalud · International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1357 v. Hawaiian Telephone Co. · Mahiai v. Suwa · 6 Haw. App. 554 - State v. Souza · State v. Tengan
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) The person operates or assumes actual physical control of the operation of any vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor; or (2) The person operates or assumes actual physical control of the operation of any vehicle with 0.10 per cent or more, by weight of alcohol in the person’s blood.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he statute provides that a person commits the offense of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor if the person’s conduct falls into one of two categories: (1) driving while under the influence or (2) driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.10 or more. A blood alcohol content of at least .10 percent is one method of proving the influence of alcohol.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Caleb · State v. Mezurashi“Evidence of intoxication, (a) In any criminal prosecution for a violation of section 291-4, ten-hundredths percent or more by weight of alcohol in the defendant’s blood within three hours after the time of the alleged violation as shown by chemical analysis or other approved analytical techniques of the defendant’s blood or breath shall be competent evidence that the defendant was under the influence of intoxicating liquor at the time of the alleged violation. (b) In any criminal prosecution for a violation of section 291-4, the amount of alcohol found in the defendant’s blood •within three hours after the time of the alleged violation as shown by chemical analysis or other approved analytical techniques of the defendant’s blood or breath shall be competent evidence that the defendant was under the influence of intoxicating liquor at the time of the alleged violation and shall give rise to the following presumptions: (1) If there were five-hundredths percent or less by weight of alcohol in the defendant’s blood, it shall be presumed that the defendant was not under the influence of intoxicating liquor at the time of the alleged violation. (2) If there were in excess of five-hundredths percent but less than ten-hundredths percent by weight of alcohol in the defendant’s blood, such fact may be considered with other competent evidence in determining whether or not the defendant was at the time of the alleged violation under the influence of intoxicating liquor but shall not of i”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Mezurashi
How this case has been treated — in progress
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