State v. St. Clair’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““1. A person commits the crime of tampering in the second degree if he: (1) Tampers with property of another for the purpose of causing substantial inconvenience to that person or to another; or (2) Unlawfully operates or rides in or upon another’s automobile, airplane, motorcycle, motorboat or other motor-propelled vehicle; ...””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ferguson

2. “(a) To withhold property from the owner permanently; or (b) To restore property only upon payment of reward or other compensation; or (c) To use or dispose of property in a manner that makes recovery of the property by the owner unlikely;”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Smith

3. “1. [H]e appropriates property or services of another with the purpose to deprive him thereof, either without his consent or by means of deceit or coercion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ferguson