Kempton v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Any person who, after having conveyed any goods, chattels, personal property, rights or privileges to another, by mortgage, bond, conveyance or instrument intended to operate as a mortgage, including security agreements and financing statements, whether of record or otherwise, shall, during the existence of the lien created thereby, sell or attempt to sell, or dispose of the said property, rights, or privileges, or any part thereof, to any person or persons, or corporation, without first procuring the written consent of the mortgagee or secured party thereof to such sale * * * shall be deemed guilty of a felony * * (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Smith v. State

2. ““It can hardly be expected that a defendant in a case of this kind is going to take the witness stand and say he intended to deprive the bank of its security. Therefore, defendant’s intent necessarily has to be inferred from what he does. It is proved not only by what he has done before leaving the state, or at the time of leaving; it is proved largely by what he does after leaving. His future course of action speaks louder than anything else with respect to a previously acquired intent.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Guernsey Community Federal Credit Union v. Gonzalez