92 Wis. 2d 599 - State v. Karpinski’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

66 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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"This court has repeatedly emphasized that the prosecutor has great discretion in determining whether to commence a prosecution. While it is the prosecutor’s duty to prosecute criminal actions, sec. 59.47, Stats., the prosecutor is not required to prosecute all cases in which it appears that the law has been violated. We have characterized the prosecutor’s charging discretion as 'quasi-judicial’ in the sense that it is his duty to administer justice rather than to obtain convictions.” (Footnote omitted.)”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Perez · 97 Wis. 2d 473 - City of Janesville v. Wiskia

2. “'the conscious exercise of some selectivity in enforcement is not in itself a federal constitutional violation' so long as 'the selection was [not] deliberately based upon an unjustifiable standard such as race, religion, or other arbitrary classification.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 168 Wis. 2d 453 - State v. Annala · 203 Wis. 2d 423 - State v. Lindsey

3. “[i]f an act forms the basis for a crime punishable under more than one statutory provision, prosecution may proceed under any or all such provisions.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 224 Wis. 2d 59 - State v. Krueger · 151 Wis. 2d 38 - State v. Eisenberg