State v. Miranda’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Any person who enters or remains in an occupied structure, with intent to commit any crime, unless the premises are, at the time, open to the public or the person is licensed or privileged to enter or remain, is guilty of first degree burglary if: (1) The offender inflicts, or attempts or threatens to inflict, physical harm on another; (2) The offender is armed with a dangerous weapon; or (3) The offense is committed in the nighttime. First degree burglary is a Class 2 felony.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Hatchett

2. “In conducting statutory interpretation, 'we give words their plain meaning and effect, and read statutes as a whole.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Bowers

3. “We should not adopt an interpretation of a statute that renders the statute [or part of it] meaningless ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. In re 2012 , 2013 and 2014 Tax Refund and Abatement Appeal of Hunt Companies, Inc.