Ward v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
December 2015
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · United States v. Matlock · Stoner v. California · Wrenn v. McFadden · Farrell v. United States
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In the alternative to subsection (a) of this section, a person commits the crime of burglary in the second degree if he or she unlawfully enters a lawfully occupied dwelling-house with intent to commit a theft or a felony therein.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Morris v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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