Spears v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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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.

1. “in addition to its ordinary meaning ... any structure, vehicle, watercraft or aircraft: (a) Where any person lives; or (b) Where people assemble for purposes of business, government, education, religion, entertainment or public transportation. Each unit of a building consisting of two (2) or more units separately secured or occupied is a separate building.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kiser v. Commonwealth

2. “common sense dictates that a trailer or shed that is being used by a business as a storage facility in lieu of a storage building meets the definition of building under the statute.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kiser v. Commonwealth

3. “something made up of a number of parts held or put together in a specific way.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kiser v. Commonwealth