State v. Starks’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he essence of the HTV offense is the act of driving while having been so determined.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Cooper · State v. Cooper

2. “[T]he crucial date, insofar as habitual violator status is concerned, is the date of driving, not the date on which the status is challenged or set aside. If the person is driving despite notification that he may not do so because he has been declared an habitual traffic violator, he is [flouting] the law even if one or more of the underlying convictions is voidable. * * ⅜ [T]he essence of the HTV offense [is] the act of driving after being so determined. The focus is not on the reliability or non-reliability of the underlying determination, but on the mere fact of the determination.... For purposes of a driving while suspended charge, we therefore look to the appellant’s status as of the date of that charge, not any later date on which the underlying suspension may be challenged or set aside.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Indiana v. Russell Oney · Hoaks v. State

3. “if the person successfully demonstrates, either to the [Bureau] or to the court upon judicial review, see I.C. § 9-80-10-7, that a 'material error' has occurred then the person is afforded the opportunity to pursue post-conviction relief. That is not to say, however, that relief automatically will be granted.”

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