Robinson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently October 2008 · most notably 159 W. Va. 167 - State v. Bailey (1975), Hewitt v. Commonwealth (1973)
21 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Slater v. Commonwealth · Benton v. Commonwealth · Myers v. Commonwealth · Clark v. Commonwealth · Mundy v. Commonwealth
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In the case at bar the conduct of the defendant negatives any idea that he intended to deprive the owner of the car temporarily. He did no act prior to his arrest to indicate that he intended to return the car to the owner. On the other hand, his conduct and testimony disclose that he intended to deprive the owner of the car permanently. This is the only conclusion that can be reached from the evidence. The circumstances under which the car was taken, and his actions regarding it afterwards, including his abandoning it in a public highway, show clearly that he was guilty of the offense of larceny and not of unauthorized use.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Unauthorized use of motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer; consent; accessory or accomplice. — Any person who shall take, drive or use a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer not his own, without the consent of the owner thereof and in the absence of the owner, and with intent temporarily to deprive the owner thereof of his possession thereof, without intent to steal the same, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than five years or, in the discretion of the jury or the court trying the case without a jury, confined in jail not exceeding twelve months and fined not exceeding five hundred dollars. The consent of the owner of a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer to its taking, driving, or using shall not in any case be presumed or implied because of such owner’s consent on a previous occasion to the taking, driving, or using of such motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer by the same or a different person. Any person who assists in, or is a party or accessory to, or an accomplice in, any such unauthorized taking, driving, or using shall be subject to the same punishment as if he were the principal offender.” (Italics supplied.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Blanks v. Gordon“[U]nder the decisions of this court, while two separate and distinct charges, one of housebreaking with intent to commit larceny, and the other of grand larceny, may be made in a single count, an accused may be found guilty of either of the offenses but there can be only one penalty imposed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.