6 Cal. 5th 596 - People v. Colbert’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “entering an interior room that is objectively identifiable as off-limits to the public with intent to steal therefrom is not shoplifting, but instead remains punishable as burglary.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. E.P. (In re E.P.) · 247 Cal. Rptr. 3d 797 - People v. Osotonu

2. “[a]ny other entry into a commercial establishment with intent to commit larceny is burglary,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. E.P. (In re E.P.) · 247 Cal. Rptr. 3d 797 - People v. Osotonu

3. “it is different when members of the public venture into private back offices, employee locker rooms, or other interior rooms that are objectively identifiable as off-limits. The nature of the intrusion, and the potential risk to personal safety, when a person exceeds the physical scope of his or her invitation to enter are not dissimilar from those associated with exceeding the temporal scope of the invitation by entering after regular business hours-conduct that clearly remains punishable as burglary after the enactment of section 459.5. (§ 459.5, subd. (a).)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 247 Cal. Rptr. 3d 797 - People v. Osotonu