State v. Woolard’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “one breaking and entering with the intent to commit larceny can only be convicted and sentenced for either burglary or larceny, but not for both.”

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

2. “entirely separate and distinct criminal acts involving different elements,”

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