State v. Crowder’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “' ‘One who is found in .the possession of stolen property is bound to explain such possession in order to remove the effect of that fact as a circumstance, to be considered with all other evidence, pointing to his guilt, and if he gives a false account of how he acquired that possession or, having reasonable opportunity to show that his possession was honestly acquired, he refuses or fails to do so, such conduct is a circumstance which might, with all other circumstances, be considered in determining whether or not the jury is convinced beyond a reasonable doubt of the defendant’s guilt. “You are further instructed that should you find from the evidence and beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant and Haskins both broke into the Theurer Store, both removed certain property therefrom, and were then and there jointly engaged in the commission of a felony, then the law permits you to draw the inference, if you so choose, that the possession (thereafter) by either of said defendants of any of the property stolen is the possession of both.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 5 Utah 2d 42 - State v. Little