State v. Perez’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
November 2009
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Evans v. State · State in Interest of JLS · 18 Utah 2d 45 - Great Salt Lake Authority v. Island Ranching Co. · State v. Jaimez · State v. Pharris
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'When we interpret statutes, our primary goal is to give effect to the [LJegislature's intent in light of the purpose the statute was meant to achieve”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“¶ 4, 999 P.2d 579 . ANALYSIS 16 The damaging jails statute provides: "A person who willfully and intentionally breaks down, pulls down, destroys, floods, or otherwise damages any public jail or other place of confinement is guilty of a felony of the third degree.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[It] is not appropriate [to use ejusdem generis] to restrict the meaning of an unambiguous term.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.