Staab v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““1. Every person who, for his own gain, or to prevent the owner from again possessing his property, shall buy, receive, possess or withhold stolen goods, or anything the stealing of which is declared to be larceny, or property obtained by robbery, burglary or embezzlement: “(a) Knowing the same as to have been obtained; or “(b) Under such circumstances as should have caused a reasonable man to know that such goods or property were so obtained, . . .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bernier v. Sheriff

2. “The recent unexplained possession of a stolen vehicle is evidence of the fact that the possessor of said property unlawfully took it. The elements of this rebuttable presumption are the property must be stolen, must be in the possession of the defendant, the possession must be recent, and it must be unexplained. This may be sufficient to convict in the absence of other facts and circumstances which leave a reasonable doubt in the minds of the jury.”

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