677 So. 2d 589 - State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In support of this argument, defendant notes the deputy's family was no longer sleeping there and the apartment had no electricity, no roof, and was condemned because of Hurricane Katrina. It is not necessary that a person be present in the dwelling at the time of the unauthorized entry to satisfy the inhabitation requirement; however, it must be proven that someone was actually”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 957 So. 2d 203 - State v. Morrison

2. “Unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling is the intentional entry by a person without authorization into any inhabited dwelling or other structure belonging to another and used in whole or in part as a home or place of abode by a person.”

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

3. “this court held that a house which is lived in for only part of the time may be classified as `inhabited' for the purposes of the inhabitation requirement of the burglary statute.”

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