Chambliss v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The best evidence of legislative intent is the language of the statute itself, and all words must be given their plain and ordinary meaning unless otherwise indicated by statute.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stuart Bookwalter v. State of Indiana · Hendrix v. State

2. “a person's control over property of another person is "unauthorized" if it is exerted: (1) without the other person's consent; (2) in a manner or to an extent other than that to which the other person has consented; [or] ¥ sok (4) by creating or confirming a false impression in the other person[.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wilson v. State · Wright v. State

3. “testimony ... that [the defendant] was discovered near the door with a shirt he had not paid for, hidden under his jacket permits an inference that he was in the process of leaving the store, without paying for the shirt, and was exerting unauthorized control over the property”

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