State v. Akina’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently June 2020 · most notably Amfac, Inc. v. Waikiki Beachcomber Investment Co. (1992), State v. Furutani (1994)
36 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 State v. Sacoco · State v. Briones · State v. Okuda
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“This court derives legislative intent primarily from the language of statute and follows the general rule that in the absence of clear legislative intent to the contrary, the plain meaning of the statute will be given effect.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“De minimis infractions. (1) The court may dismiss a prosecution if, having regard to the nature of the conduct alleged and the nature of the attendant circumstances, it finds that the defendant's conduct: (a) Was within a customary license or tolerance, which was not expressly refused by the person whose interest was infringed and which is not inconsistent with the purpose of the law defining the offense; or (b) Did not actually cause or threaten the harm or evil sought to be prevented by the law defining the offense or did so only to an extent too trivial to warrant the condemnation of conviction; or (c) Presents such other extenuations that it cannot reasonably be regarded as envisaged by the legislature in forbidding the offense. (2) The court shall not dismiss a prosecution under subsection (1)(c) of this section without filing a written statement of its reasons.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Cavness“[Defendant testified that he was just trying to help Sue. [Sue’s foster father] agreed, testifying that he felt defendant was a nice person who was sincerely trying to help. Even the prosecuting attorney conceded that defendant’s pattern of behavior showed that he wanted to help Sue. The court concluded that “[defendant's main sin was being—or allowing himself to be taken advantage of.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Rapozo
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.