State v. Chatelain’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 6 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'[a] defendant's intent to commit a crime at the time of an unlawful entry is central to the crime of burglary. Without it a defendant's conduct cannot constitute burglary of any degree; that intent is, in fact, the essence of the offense.' (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 298 Or. App. 22 - State v. Payton

2. “intent to commit a particular crime in the building that he unlawfully entered.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 294 Or. App. 664 - State v. Henderson

3. “enters or remains unlawfully in a motor vehicle or in or upon premises.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 293 Or. App. 274 - State v. McKnight