State v. Griffin’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
December 2007
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Baehr v. Lewin · United States v. Bruchey · State v. Toyomura · State v. Gaylord · State v. Murray
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““the legislature is presumed not to intend an absurd result, and legislation will be construed to avoid, if possible, inconsistency, contradiction, and illogi- ccility.” State v. Griffin, 83 Hawai'i 105 , 108 n. 4, 924 P.2d 1211 , 1214 n. 4 (1996) (quoting State v. Malufau, 80 Hawai'i 126, 137 , 906 P.2d 612, 623 (1995) (citations and internal quotation marks omitted)) (brackets and internal quotation marks omitted). See also HRS § 1-15(3) (1993) (“Every construction ivkich leads to an absurdity shall be rejected.”).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[i]f ... defendant's default in the payment of a fine or restitution is not contumacious, the court may make an order allowing the defendant additional time for payment....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Feliciano
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.