456 So. 2d 865 - Gratton v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 23 state decisions

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

1. “"Prior to the adoption of Alabama's new Criminal Code, the statutory crime of burglary in the first degree (§ 13-2-40) required that the intent to steal or commit a felony be concurrent with the breaking and entering. However, under the criminal code definition of burglary, the intent to commit a crime may be concurrent with the unlawful entry or it may be formed after the entry and while the accused remains unlawfully. § 13A-7-5 through § 13A-7-7 Commentary."”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. Bernel-Aveja · United States v. Herrold

2. “The trial judge's actions are presumptively correct in the absence of a showing to the contrary.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Prince v. State · Carroll v. State

3. “"(a) A person commits the crime of burglary in the first degree if he knowingly and unlawfully enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling with intent to commit a crime therein, and, if, in effecting entry or while in dwelling or in immediate flight therefrom, he or another participant in the crime: "(1) Is armed with explosives or a deadly weapon; or "(2) Causes physical injury to any person who is not a participant in the crime; or "(3) Uses or threatens the immediate use of a dangerous instrument."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 495 So. 2d 115 - Holman v. State · 564 So. 2d 1007 - Weaver v. State