People v. Brannon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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. ““It is the established law of this jurisdiction that proof that property was in the possession and under the control of the person from whom it is claimed to have been taken is sufficient proof of ownership to sustain a conviction of burglary.” (See also People v. Hayes, 72 Cal.App. 292, 298 [ 237 P. 390 ]; People v. Kirsch, 204 Cal. 599, 602 [ 269 P. 447 ] ; and People v. Davis, 97 Cal. 194 [ 31 P. 1109 ].)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 197 Cal. App. 2d 622 - People v. Romano