State v. Markowski’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[The] foremost obligation [in statutory construction] is to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the legislature, which is obtained primarily from the language contained in the statutes themselves. Second, we must read statutory language in the context of the entire statute and construe it in a manner consistent with its purpose. In other words, the reason and spirit of the law, and the cause which induced the legislature to enact it, may be considered to discover its true meaning.”

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

2. “a defendant is 9 FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI#I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER acquitted only when the ruling of the judge, whatever its label, actually represents a resolution in defendant's favor, correct or not, of some or all of the factual elements of the offense charged.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Correia III. Dissenting Opinion by Ginoza, Chief Judge.

3. “[W]hat constitutes an 'acquittal' is not to be controlled by the form of the judge's action.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Correia III. Dissenting Opinion by Ginoza, Chief Judge.