127 Wis. 2d 155 - State v. Tappa’s Empirical Analysis

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43 state decisions

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

1. “(1) the language of the statute; (2) the legislative history and context of the statute; (3) the nature of the proscribed conduct; and (4) the appropriateness of multiple punishment for the conduct.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 172 Wis. 2d 156 - State v. Grayson · 198 Wis. 2d 162 - State v. Carol M. D.

2. “Id. at 167-68 , 378 N.W.2d at 888 (citing Genova, 77 Wis. 2d at 145 , 252 N.W.2d at 382-83 ). The court also construed Jackson : The Jackson decision does not stand for the proposition that the state must plead only one of the five elements of the theft statute. Jackson requires each count in an information or complaint to allege only one of the elements of the theft statute if a disjunctive charge would use non-synonymous terms. Each of the disjunctive terms describes a separate type of”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 177 Wis. 2d 305 - State v. Seymour · 183 Wis. 2d 683 - State v. Seymour

3. “retaining possession” must be long enough to be consistent with a lack of lawful authority for the possession and with an intent to deprive the owner permanently of possession. We conclude this is a reasonable approach. Section 943.20(l)(a), Stats., provides that one is guilty of theft if he or she”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 183 Wis. 2d 683 - State v. Seymour · 146 Wis. 2d 233 - State v. Pergande