State v. Franks’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]lthough the elements of an offense may be established by direct or circumstantial evidence, the evidence adduced in this case was de minimis and therefore insufficient to support a conviction”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Layman

2. “burden is on the state to show unauthorized control, not on the defendant to show authorized control.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Layman

3. “there is no evidence that the owner consented to defendant's control of the vehicle”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Layman