Horne v. State’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. ““Alice Freeman Horne, whose name is to the Grand Jury otherwise unknown than as stated, did falsely pretend to the Alabama State Department of Pensions and Security, or its agents or employees, with intent to defraud, that her household income was less than it actually was, or that her household composition was greater than it actually was, and by means of such false pretense obtain from the Alabama State Department of Pensions and Security, or the State of Alabama, property, to-wit: food assistance in the form of Food Stamps, from January, 1977, through December, 1979, the property of the Alabama State Department of Pensions and Security, or the State of Alabama, or the United States of America, all or a portion of which property, the value of, to wit: four-thousand seventy dollars ($4070.00) dollars, she was not entitled to receive, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Horne v. State

2. ““In Griffin v. State, 352 So.2d 847 (Ala. 1977), affirming, 352 So.2d 843 (Ala.Cr. App.), the Alabama Supreme Court explained that the three-year statute of limitations applies to felony false pretense offenses, and that an offense consisting of repeated false representations, and the repeated acquisition of money due to such misrepresentations, was one of a continuing nature, not completed until the last such misrepresentation or money acquisition was made.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Steele