Lopez v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
February 1994
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Butler v. State · Dennis v. State · Williams v. State · Hynson v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“(a) A person commits an offense if he unlawfully appropriates property with intent to deprive the owner of property. (b) Appropriation of property is unlawful if: (1) it is without the owner’s effective consent; (2) the property is stolen and the actor appropriates the property knowing it was stolen.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Anderson v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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