People v. Smith-Anthony’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'(1) the taking of someone else's property without consent, (2) movement of the property, (3) with the intent to steal or permanently deprive the owner of the property, and (4) the property was taken from the person or from the person's immediate area of control or immediate presence.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 323 Mich. App. 202 - People of Michigan v. Kathleen Louise Williams

2. “The larceny-from-the-person statute punishes pickpockets, purse- and wallet-snatchers, and others who invade the person or 'immediate presence' of the victim to accomplish a theft.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Chaney v. United States