State v. Crosby’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Whoever enters a building without the consent of the person in lawful possession, with intent to commit a crime therein, commits burglajvy * ifc”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Witte · State v. Mills

2. “[T]he proof of intent to commit a crime in connection with proof of burglary is always one that must rest on a permissible inference from the facts proved.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Witte · State v. Ring

3. ““The evidence in this case is purely circumstantial. That is nearly always true in a conviction for burglary. It is seldom that there are eyewitnesses. While the evidence must have some logical relevance to the fact of guilt and is insufficient if it merely raises a suspicion, we must view it realistically and if it does have relevance it has probative value and the weight to be given to it is for the trier of fact, whether that is a jury or the court after waiver of a jury.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Bates