State v. Beason’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
May 2013
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Hamilton · State v. Seale · Versluis v. Guaranty National Companies · Wilson v. Valley Mental Health · 1999 UT App 30 - State v. Kiriluk
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'position of special trust! means that position occupied by a person in a position of authority.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“A person commits aggravated sexual abuse of a child when in conjunction with the offense described in Subsection (2) any of the following cireumstances have been charged and admitted or found true in the action for the offense: [[Image here]] . the offense was committed by a person who occupied a position of special trust in relation to the victim; "position of special trust" means that position occupied by a person in a position of authority, who, by reason of that position is able to exercise undue influence over the victim, and includes, but is not limited to, ... [a] baby-sitter ....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“'When examining a statute, we look first to its plain language as the best indicator of the legislature's intent and purpose in passing the statute.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.