State v. Allen

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• in context of shoplifting, “taking” means obtaining “the complete, independent, and absolute control of the thing desired adverse to the rights of the owner”
• prior version of shoplifting statute clearly omits element of asportation
• requirement of want of owner’s consent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Anderson
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1979-12-31· cited 49×
• State v. Yarbrough
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1981-12-23· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Hudson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-03-09· cited 26×
• State v. Arriola
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1965-12-16· cited 18×
• State v. Harper
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1985-07-26· cited 16×
• State v. Aro
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1997-04-24· cited 12×
• State v. Marlin
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1967-06-08· cited 7×
• State v. Morris
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2019-01-22· cited 6×
• Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Harrison
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1971-05-11· cited 5×
• State v. Sanders
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1979-10-29· cited 3×