State v. Riviere’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling requires general intent. General criminal intent is present when the circumstances indicate that the offender 'in the ordinary course of human experience must have adverted to the prescribed criminal consequences as reasonably certain to result from his act.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 256 So. 3d 1080 - State v. Henry

2. “Unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling is the intentional entry by a person without authorization into any inhabited dwelling or other structure belonging to another and used in whole or in part as a home or place of abode by a person.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 256 So. 3d 1080 - State v. Henry

3. “It is not necessary that a person be present in the dwelling at the time of the unauthorized entry to satisfy the inhabitation requirement; however, it must be proven that someone was actually 'living' in the dwelling at the time.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 256 So. 3d 1080 - State v. Henry