Hawkins v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1940
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
June 1948
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Mackey · State v. Corcoran · Young v. Commonwealth · Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Whitley County Court · Cook v. Commonwealth
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Actual breaking involves the application of some force, slight though it may be, whereby the entrance is effected. Merely pushing open a door, turning the key, lifting the latch or resort to other slight physical force, is sufficient to constitute this element of the crime. Commonwealth v. Mackey, 171 Ky. 473 , 188 S. W. 676 ; Commonwealth v. Ballard, 38 S. W. 678 , 18 Ky. Law Rep. 782 ; Young v. Commonwealth, 126 Ky. 474 , 104 S. W. 266 , 31 Ky. Law Rep. 842 , 128 Am. St. Rep. 326 , 15 Ann. Cas. 1022.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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