State v. Marts’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “... all essential elements of the crime of theft are included in the crime of purse snatching: (1) the theft, (2) of anything of value contained within a purse or wallet at the time of the theft, (3) from the person of another or which is in the immediate control of another, (4) by use of force, or intimidation, or by snatching, i.e., without the consent of another. As such, theft is clearly a lesser and included offense of purse snatching.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2 So. 3d 499 - State v. Allen

2. “Unlike purse snatching, the sentencing range for theft varies depending on the value of the property taken, and theft is not a crime of violence that necessitates a more severe penalty for a multiple offender. Therefore, the trial court’s error was highly prejudicial, and necessitates that the matter be remanded for a new trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 58 So. 3d 618 - State v. Brown

3. “Purse snatching is the theft of anything of value contained within a purse or wallet at the time of the theft, from the person of another or which is in the immediate control of another, by use of force, intimidation, or by snatching, but not armed with a dangerous weapon. (Emphasis added)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2 So. 3d 499 - State v. Allen