State v. Ralph’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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. “Such a burglary is complete the moment the defendant enters or remains within the vehicle with the requisite intent. Even if the defendant changes plans and decides not to steal the vehicle, the crime of burglary still would exist. However, if the defendant then takes the additional step of starting the vehicle and driving away with it, the separate crime of auto theft then will be complete. In sum, two separate evils involving two distinct temporal events are involved in the typical auto theft. Nothing in our law prohibits the charging of both offenses merely because both often occur within a single transaction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 828 So. 2d 462 - Green v. State

2. “separate convictions for burglary and theft of same automobile do not violate due process principles; both offenses are defined narrowly by statute and clearly require proof of different elements, not every theft includes burglary, and theft is one of statutorily listed felonies that will support burglary conviction”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 828 So. 2d 462 - Green v. State