Simmons v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Weaver v. Graham · California Department of Corrections v. Morales · John McDonald v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts · Cardwell v. State · Hall v. State
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Thus, there are two statutes that criminalize drunken driving: Section 1 punishes operating a motor vehicle with a certain BAC and elevates the offense if the person’s BAC exceeds a certain threshold; and Section 2 punishes operating a motor vehicle while simply “intoxicated” — without reference to the person’s BAC — and elevates the offense if the manner in which the person operates the vehicle endangers a person.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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