Hardin v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The offense of burglary is constituted by entering a house by force, threats or fraud, at night, or in like manner by entering a house at any time, either day or night, and remaining concealed therein, with the intent in either case of committing a felony or the crime of theft.””

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

2. ““It is the intent, and not the character or value of the article stolen after the burglarious entry, which characterizes and makes the offense of burglary complete.””

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

3. ““Under the circumstances presented, we fail to perceive error. If the court did err in failing to so charge, it was in fact harmless error. [Citation omitted.]””

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