State v. Lusk’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 46 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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[b]ecause statutes of limitations are procedural in nature, a legislative amendment enlarging a limitation period may be applied retroactively to crimes committed before the amendment where the limitations defense has not accrued to the defendant before the amendment becomes effective”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lucero v. State · 2018 UT App 129 - Garcia v. State

2. “[A] statutory amendment enlarging a statute of limitations will extend the limitations period applicable to a crime already committed ... if the amendment becomes effective before the previously applicable statute of limitations has run[.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lucero v. State · 2018 UT App 79 - State v. Balfour

3. “A person commits sexual abuse of a child if, under circumstances not amounting to rape of a child, object rape of a child, sodomy upon a child, or an attempt to commit any of these offenses, the actor touches the anus, buttocks, or genitalia of any child ... or otherwise takes indecent liberties with a child, or causes a child to take indecent liberties with the actor or another with intent to cause substantial emotional or bodily pain to any person or ■with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person regardless of the sex of any participant.”

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