State v. Boss’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A relative of a child under the age of eighteen or of an incompetent person is guilty of custodial interference in the first degree if, with the intent to deny access to the child or incompetent person by a parent, guardian, institution, agency, or other person having a lawful right to physical custody of such person, the relative takes, entices, retains, detains, or conceals the child or incompetent person from a parent, guardian, institution, agency, or other person having a lawful right to physical custody of such person and: (a) Intends to hold the child or incompetent person permanently or for a protracted period.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Boss

2. “commit first degree custodial interference without being on notice of the underlying order. The State must establish a custody order existed and the defendant intentionally violated the order. The State must establish a defendant is aware of the existence of the order to prove the defendant intentionally violated it. The State did so. We disagree with the Court of Appeals and hold that while knowledge of the custody order is involved in the prosecution of the crime, this knowledge is inherent in the intent requirement of first degree custodial interference. We do not have to”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Boss

3. “A relative of a child under the age of eighteen ... is guilty of custodial interference in the first degree if, with the intent to deny access to the child ... [by an] agency, or other person having a lawful right to physical custody of [the child], the relative takes, entices, retains, detains, or conceals the child ... [from an] agency, or other person having a lawful right to physical custody of [the child] and ... [i]ntends to hold the child ... permanently or for a protracted period.[ [10] ]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Chambers