State v. J. N. S.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 12 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"[T]he proper focus is on the defendant's intent at the initiation of the trespass. * * * If the trespass begins when a defendant remains in a building after authorization has expired or has been revoked, then we ask whether the defendant possessed the requisite criminal intent at the time of the unlawful remaining ."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 293 Or. App. 514 - State v. Parks · 293 Or. App. 274 - State v. McKnight

2. “"Thus, to conclude that youth possessed the requisite criminal intent, the court would have to infer that, because youth possessed a key from inside the house, he had formed the intent to commit theft inside the house when he unlawfully entered. That inference is impermissibly speculative."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 290 Or. App. 553 - State v. Cole · 294 Or. App. 664 - State v. Henderson

3. “'[a] defendant's intent to commit a crime at the time of an unlawful entry is central to the crime of burglary. Without it a defendant's conduct cannot constitute burglary of any degree; that intent is, in fact, the essence of the offense.' (Emphasis added.)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 293 Or. App. 274 - State v. McKnight · 298 Or. App. 22 - State v. Payton