State v. Guthrie’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ * * * The record is silent as to the manner in which the needle and syringe used in withdrawing the blood were sterilized and as to how the area on the defendant’s arm where the blood was taken was disinfected. “Authorities in this field seem agreed that in withdrawing blood for use in chemically determining its alcoholic content the skin, syringe, and needle should be disinfected and sterilized. They are also agreed that the use of alcohol, an alcohol preparation, or carbolic acid for these purposes could affect the reliability of the analytical results as to the amount of alcohol in the suspect’s blood. These precautions are essential to the obtaining of a clean, safe blood specimen.” 85 S.D. 230 , 180 N.W.2d 144 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Dille · State v. Olesen

2. ““Only a licensed medical doctor, osteopathic physician, qualified technician, technologist, or registered nurse acting at the request of a law enforcement officer may withdraw blood for [the] purpose of determining the alcoholic content therein. . . . ””

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