Oatts v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The crime of theft is defined by statute as follows: A person who knowingly exerts unauthorized control over property of another person, with intent to deprive the other person of any part of its value or use, commits theft, a Class D felony. The law requires that some part of the criminal conduct or result occur in Indiana. Before you may convict the Defendant, the State must have proved each of the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt: 1. The Defendant 2. knowingly or intentionally 3. exerted unauthorized control 4. over property of another person [name ][ 11 ] 5. with intent to deprive the other person [name ] of any part of its value or use, and 6. some part of the criminal conduct or result occurred in Indiana. If the State failed to prove each of these elements beyond a reasonable doubt, you must find the Defendant not guilty of theft, a Class D felony, charged in Count_”

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

2. “Oatts failed to show that either the prior molestation or videotape were similar to the current offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Miguel Alvarado v. State of Indiana