Gentry v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"This Court adheres to the interpretation of the phrase 'unlawfully remains' found in Moss v. State , 536 So.2d 129 (Ala.Cr.App. 1988); Minshew v. State , 542 So.2d 307 , 311 (Ala.Cr.App. 1988); and Johnson v. State , 473 So.2d 607 (Ala.Cr.App. 1985), that the fact that the victim terminated the defendant's license or privilege to remain on the premises can be inferred where a struggle took place and the victim was beaten."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stewart v. State · 671 So. 2d 114 - Glass v. State

2. “"A person enters or remains unlawfully in or upon premises when he is not licensed, invited or privileged to do so."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 698 So. 2d 792 - Chambers v. City of Opelika · 689 So. 2d 894 - Gentry v. State

3. “Burglary in the first degree. "(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 [a] 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. "(b) Burglary in the first degree is a Class A felony.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 689 So. 2d 916 - Ex Parte Gentry