State v. Ennis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “mere possession of stolen property does not create a presumption that the person in possession of the property received it with knowledge that it was stolen by someone else.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Dell · State v. Harbor

2. “In previous opinions we have attempted to formulate a single precept incorporating both standards. See, e.g., State v. Austin, 399 So.2d 158 (La.1981). ("Therefore, when we review a conviction based upon circumstantial evidence we must determine that, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, a rational trier of fact could have concluded beyond a reasonable doubt that every reasonable hypothesis of innocence had been excluded.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 432 So. 2d 209 - State v. Moore

3. “Receiving stolen things is the intentional procuring, receiving, or concealing of anything of value which has been the subject of any robbery or theft, under circumstances which indicate that the offender knew or had good reason to believe that the thing was the subject of one of these offenses.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 446 So. 2d 1207 - State v. Camp