Sutton v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The facts of (Sutton) illustrate the wisdom of so construing the law. Sutton was apprehended in Edmonson County with various items of property he had stolen in three other counties. To hold that he could be prosecuted only in the other three counties would result in a great deal of unnecessary expense, inconvenience and waste of time to reach the same end.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Devore v. Commonwealth

2. ““Our conclusion is that one who steals property and is later found to be in possession of it may be convicted both of the theft itself (in the county in which it was committed) and the retention (in the county in which he is proved to have been in possession of the stolen goods).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jackson v. Commonwealth

3. ““KRS 514.110(1) applies to a person who ‘receives, retains or disposes of movable property of another knowing that it has been stolen.’ Literally, it covers the thief who retains or disposes of property he has stolen himself.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Devore v. Commonwealth