diff --git a/crates/concrete_check/src/linearity_check.rs b/crates/concrete_check/src/linearity_check.rs
index 9304f70..40a7307 100644
--- a/crates/concrete_check/src/linearity_check.rs
+++ b/crates/concrete_check/src/linearity_check.rs
@@ -9,14 +9,42 @@ pub mod errors;
 
 use concrete_ir::ProgramBody;
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+struct Appearances {
+    consumed: u32,
+    write: u32,
+    read: u32,
+    path: u32,
+}
+
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
 enum VarState {
-    Available,
+    Unconsumed,
     Consumed,
     Borrowed,
     BorrowedMut,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+enum CountResult {
+    Zero,
+    One,
+    MoreThanOne,
+}
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+impl Appearances {
+    fn partition(count: u32) -> CountResult {
+        match count {
+            0 => CountResult::Zero,
+            1 => CountResult::One,
+            _ => CountResult::MoreThanOne,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 struct StateTbl {
     vars: HashMap<String, VarState>,
@@ -49,21 +77,65 @@ impl StateTbl {
 /* 
 // Placeholder function signatures (implementation required)
 fn check_expr(expr: &str, state_tbl: &mut StateTbl) {
-    // Implementation needed based on OCaml logic
+    // Implementation needed 
 }
 
 fn count(vars: &[String], state_tbl: &StateTbl) -> usize {
-    // Implementation needed based on OCaml logic
+    // Implementation needed 
     0
 }
 
 */
 
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+#[allow(unused_variables)]
+fn count(name: &str, expr: &str) -> Appearances {
+    // TODO implement
+    Appearances { consumed: 0, write: 0, read: 0, path: 0 }
+}
+
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+#[allow(unreachable_patterns)]
+fn check_var_in_expr(state_tbl: &mut StateTbl, depth: u32, name: &str, expr: &str) -> Result<StateTbl, String> {
+    let apps = count(name, expr); // Assume count function implementation
+    let Appearances { consumed, write, read, path } = apps;
+
+    let state = state_tbl.get_state(name).unwrap_or(&VarState::Unconsumed); // Assume default state
+
+    match (state, Appearances::partition(consumed), Appearances::partition(write), Appearances::partition(read), Appearances::partition(path)) {
+        (VarState::Unconsumed, CountResult::Zero, CountResult::Zero, _, _) => Ok(state_tbl.clone()),
+        (VarState::Unconsumed, CountResult::Zero, CountResult::One, CountResult::Zero, CountResult::Zero) => Ok(state_tbl.clone()),
+        (VarState::Unconsumed, CountResult::Zero, CountResult::One, _, _) => Err("Error: Borrowed mutably and used".to_string()),
+        (VarState::Unconsumed, CountResult::Zero, CountResult::MoreThanOne, _, _) => Err("Error: Borrowed mutably more than once".to_string()),
+        (VarState::Unconsumed, CountResult::One, CountResult::Zero, CountResult::Zero, CountResult::Zero) => consume_once(state_tbl, depth, name),
+        (VarState::Unconsumed, CountResult::One, _, _, _) => Err("Error: Consumed and something else".to_string()),
+        (VarState::Unconsumed, CountResult::MoreThanOne, _, _, _) => Err("Error: Consumed more than once".to_string()),
+        (VarState::Borrowed, CountResult::Zero, CountResult::Zero, CountResult::Zero, _) => Ok(state_tbl.clone()),
+        (VarState::Borrowed, _, _, _, _) => Err("Error: Read borrowed and something else".to_string()),
+        (VarState::BorrowedMut, CountResult::Zero, CountResult::Zero, CountResult::Zero, CountResult::Zero) => Ok(state_tbl.clone()),
+        (VarState::BorrowedMut, _, _, _, _) => Err("Error: Write borrowed and used".to_string()),
+        (VarState::Consumed, CountResult::Zero, CountResult::Zero, CountResult::Zero, CountResult::Zero) => Ok(state_tbl.clone()),
+        (VarState::Consumed, _, _, _, _) => Err("Error: Already consumed".to_string()),
+        _ => Err("Unhandled state or appearance count".to_string()),
+    }
+}
+
+
+#[allow(unused_variables)]
+fn consume_once(state_tbl: &mut StateTbl, depth: u32, name: &str) -> Result<StateTbl, String> {
+    // TODO Implement the logic to consume a variable once, updating the state table and handling depth
+    state_tbl.update_state(name.to_string(), VarState::Consumed);
+    Ok(state_tbl.clone())
+}
+
+
 // Do nothing implementation of linearity check
 #[allow(unused_variables)]
 pub fn linearity_check_program(program_ir: &ProgramBody, session: &Session) ->  Result<String, LinearityError> {
     let mut linearity_table = StateTbl::new();
-    linearity_table.update_state("x".to_string(), VarState::Available);
+    linearity_table.update_state("x".to_string(), VarState::Unconsumed);
     linearity_table.update_state("y".to_string(), VarState::Consumed);
     linearity_table.update_state("z".to_string(), VarState::Borrowed);
     linearity_table.update_state("w".to_string(), VarState::BorrowedMut);