State v. Chavez’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 72 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions — most recently June 2020 · most notably State v. Wilson (1994), State v. Cleve (1999)
2 federal appellate · 72 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 Bulova Watch Co. v. United States · State v. Blevins · State of Oregon v. Pirkey · State v. Lujan · State v. Romero
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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““* * * Does the state have--a-choice in the matter of initiating prosecritions for the sale of chattel property of the kind and description named in the special statute, section 35-2405 ? We conclude that it does not. In 59 C.J. 1056, at section 623. under the subject ‘Statutes,’ the rule is stated as follows: ‘Where there is one statute dealing with a subject in general and comprehensive terms, and another dealing with a part of the same subject in a more minute and definite way, the two should be read together and harmonized, if possible, with a view to giving effect to a consistent legislative policy; but to the extent of any necessary repugnancy between them, the special statute, or the one dealing with the common subject matter in a minute way, will prevail over the general statute, unless it appears that the legislature intended to make the general act controlling ; and this is true a fortiori when the special act is later in point of time, although the rule is applicable without regard to the respective dates of passage. It is a fundamental rule that where the general statute, if standing alone, would include the same matter as the special act, and thus conflict with it, the special act will be considered as an exception to the general statute, whether it was passed before or after such general enactment. Where the special statute is later, it will be regarded as an exception to, or qualification of, the prior general one; and where the general act is later, the specia”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Riley“In Aragon v. Cox, [ 75 N.M. 537 , 407 P.2d 673 (1965)] supra we concluded that where both statutes condemn certain conduct the state has a choice in selecting the statute to be employed in a prosecution for violation. We no longer subscribe to that view which would permit the law enforcement authorities to subject one person to the possibility of a greater punishment than another who has committed an identical act. This would do violence to the equal protection clauses of our state and federal constitutions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Arellano“The fundamental rule in construing statutes is to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the legislature.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.