State v. Ewanchen’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
20 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently September 2012
20 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. Treadway · State v. Sweeney · State v. Arbeiter · State v. Dowdy · State v. Smith
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. For purposes of this section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: . . . . (3) An "intoxication-related traffic offense" is driving while intoxicated. . . . (4) A "persistent offender" is one of the following: (a) A person who has pleaded guilty to or has been found guilty of two or more intoxication-related traffic offenses; . . . . (5) A "prior offender" is a person who has pleaded guilty to or has been found guilty of one intoxication-related traffic offense, where such prior offense occurred within five years of the occurrence of the intoxication-related traffic offense for which the person is charged. . . . . 3. Any person who pleads guilty to or is found guilty of a violation of section 577.010 . . . who is alleged and proved to be a persistent offender shall be guilty of a class D felony. . . . . 7. The state, county, or municipal court shall find the defendant to be a prior offender [or] persistent offender . . . if: (1) The indictment or information, original or amended, or the information in lieu of an indictment pleads all essential facts warranting a finding that the defendant is a prior offender or persistent offender; and (2) Evidence is introduced that establishes sufficient facts pleaded to warrant a finding beyond a reasonable doubt the defendant is a prior offender [or] persistent offender . . .; and (3) The court makes findings of fact that warrant a finding beyond a reasonable doubt by the court that the defendant is a prior offender [or] per”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Woods v. State · Trevino v. State“1. The court may sentence a person who has pleaded guilty to or has been found guilty of a class B, C, or D felony .... to an extended term of imprisonment if it finds the defendant is a persistent offender.... [[Image here]] 3.A “persistent offender” is one who has pleaded guilty to or has been found guilty of two or more felonies committed at different times. [[Image here]] 7. The total authorized maximum terms of imprisonment for a persistent offender .... are: (3)For a class C felony, a term of years not to exceed twenty years.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Dodds v. State · Trevino v. State“is one of the following: (a) A person who has pleaded guilty to or has been found guilty of two or more intoxication-related traffic offenses; . . . . (5) A”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Trevino v. State
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.