Lambert v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
70
cited by 70 later decisions
2
states following
January 2015
most recently cited
70 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Tait v. State · Luther v. State · Stock v. State · McGill v. State · Langley v. State
Most-quoted passages
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““In establishing that the breaking and entering was done with the intent to commit a felony, the trier of fact could and evidently did infer this from the evidence adduced at trial. This element could have been inferred from the evidence pertaining to the marks that were made in the metal of the vault door. Complementing this evidence was the evidence pertaining to the presence of tools that could be used as burglary tools. Thus, we cannot say that the evidence was insufficient to establish the inference on the part of the jury that the breaking and entering was done with the intent to commit a felony. It is a well settled principle of law that ‘intent’ may be inferred from the circumstances which legitimately permit it.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“to inflict the maximum amount of injury,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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