633 So. 2d 783 - State v. Augustus’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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

1. “Whoever commits the crime of simple burglary shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than twelve years or both.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Morris · 700 So. 2d 876 - State v. Brumley

2. “As we said in State v. Pierce, 450 So.2d 730 (La.App. 5 Cir.1984), “When the evidence is viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution, it is difficult to imagine any hypothesis that does not |7include the specific intent to commit a felony or a theft therein at the time the appellant made his unauthorized entry of the van.” Supra, at p. 731. The facts of State v. Pierce, supra, are very similar to those in the present case. There the defendant was seen tampering with the door of a vehicle, then entered the car and moved around in it. He carried a screwdriver as well as a bent coathanger, and there was no evidence that anything had been taken; the conviction was affirmed. See also State v. LaGarde, 513 So.2d 396 (La.App. 4 Cir.1987). For the foregoing reasons, we find that the trial court was correct and drew a reasonable reference in its finding that the actions of the defendant manifested an intent to commit a theft of, or within, the vehicle in question.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 111 So. 3d 1177 - State v. Arceneaux

3. “Simple burglary is the unauthorized entering of any dwelling, vehicle, watercraft, or other structure, movable or immovable, with the intent to commit a felony or any theft therein....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 700 So. 2d 876 - State v. Brumley