Ward v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently October 2014 · most notably Short v. State (1982), Eldridge v. State (1977)
27 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 Vaughn v. State · Bradley v. State · Tuggle v. State · Hash v. State · Bolton v. State
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Theft in general.-A person commits theft when he (1) knowingly: (a) obtains or exerts unauthorized control over property of the owner; or (b) obtains by deception control over property of the owner or a signature to any written instrument; or (c) alters, replaces, transfers or substitutes without authorization of the owner any label, price tag or price marking upon any property or merchandise displayed or offered for sale by any mercantile establishment, as defined by IC 1971, 35-3-2-4(c), or (d) transfers without authorization of the owner any property or merchandise displayed or offered for sale by any mercantile establishment, as defined by IC 1971, 35-3-2-4(c) from the package, bag or container in or on which such product or merchandise is displayed, to any other package, bag, or container; or (e) obtains by threat control over property of the owner or a signature to any written instrument; or (f) obtains control over stolen property knowing the property to have been stolen by another, which knowledge may be inferred from the possession of such stolen property, wherever the theft may have occurred; or (g) brings into this state property over which he has obtained control by theft, wherever the theft may have occurred; and”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gaddie v. State““Appellant also asserts that since he testified as to how he came into possesstion of the property it cannot be said that his possession was ‘unexplained’ * * *. The mere fact that appellant testified concerning his possession of the lawn mower does not automatically ‘explain’ his possession. Such possession remains unexplained unless the trier of fact believes the testimony submitted by the appellant. This Court will not weigh the evidence nor determine the credibility of the witnesses. The trial court was within its province to believe or disbelieve the testimony of any witness including the appellant, * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“where any considerable length of time has elapsed from the time of the theft to the time of the arrest there must be some showing that the defendant has had the exclusive possession of the property during that period of time.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Donovan v. State
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.