People v. Pedrie’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Theft. (1) A person commits theft when he knowingly obtains or exercises control over anything of value of another without authorization, or by threat or deception, and: (a) Intends to deprive the other person permanently of the use or benefit of the thing of value; or (b) Knowingly uses, conceals, or abandons the thing of value in such manner as to deprive the other person permanently of its use or benefit; or (c) Uses, conceals, or abandons the thing of value intending that such use, concealment, or abandonment will deprive the other person permanently of its use and benefit; or (d) Demands any consideration to which he is not legally entitled as a condition of restoring the thing of value to the other person.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Stewart

2. “Intent to deprive another permanently of the use or benefit of a thing of value may be inferred from the defendant's conduct and the cireumstances of the case. Such an intent is sufficiently established if the prosecution proves a knowing use by the defendant inconsistent with the owner's permanent use and benefit.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Sharp

3. “proves a knowing use by the defendant inconsistent with the owner's permanent use and benefit”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Rhodus