178 N.C. App. 337 - State v. Laney’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 16 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) A person is guilty of taking indecent liberties with children if, being 16 years of age or more and at least five years older than the child in question, he either: (1) Willfully takes or attempts to take any immoral, improper, or indecent liberties with any child of either sex under the age of 16 years for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire; or (2) Willfully commits or attempts to commit any lewd or lascivious act upon or with the body or any part or member of the body of any child of either sex under the age of 16 years.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. Baza-Martinez · 182 N.C. App. 698 - State v. James

2. “The crime of indecent liberties is a single offense which may be proved by evidence of the commission of any one of a number of acts.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re J.E. · 188 N.C. App. 166 - State v. Caudill

3. “The evil the legislature sought to prevent in this context was the defendant's performance of any immoral, improper, or indecent act in the presence of a child `for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire.' Defendant's purpose for committing such act is the gravamen of this offense; the particular act performed is immaterial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 202 N.C. App. 375 - State v. ZEIGLAR