2000 UT App 320 - State v. Martinez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a statute must rationally further a legitimate governmental interest”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Interest of Zc · State v. Martinez

2. “(1) For purposes of this section "minor" is a person who is 14 years of age or older, but younger than 16 years of age, at the time the sexual activity described in this section occurred. (2) A person commits unlawful sexual activity with a minor if ... the actor: (a) has sexual intercourse with the minor ... (3) A violation of subsection (2) is a third degree felony unless the defendant establishes by a preponderance of the evidence the mitigating factor that the defendant is less than four years older than the minor at the time the sexual activity occurred, in which case it is a class B misdemeanor.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Martinez

3. “Mistake as to a victim's age not a defense.... (2) It is not a defense to the crime of unlawful sexual activity with a minor, a violation of Section 76-5-401, sexual abuse of a minor, a violation of Section 76-5-401.1, or an attempt to commit either of these offenses, that the actor mistakenly believed the victim to be 16 years of age or older at the time of the alleged offense or was unaware of the victim's true age.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Martinez