People v. Cooper’s Empirical Analysis
1955
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
January 1988
most recently cited
6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Any person who carnally abuses the body of a child of over the age of ten years and less than sixteen years of age, or who indulges in any indecent or immoral practice with the sexual parts or organs of any such child, in a manner other than by an act of sexual intercourse, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor." ..... The language of Section 483-a clearly encompasses two categories. First, a child of the age of ten years, and second, a child under ten years. Section 483-b includes but one category, a child of over the age of ten years, and less than sixteen. Words in penal statutes are to be given their commonly accepted meaning. A child becomes ten years old upon reaching his tenth birthday and remains a child of the age of ten until he reaches his eleventh birthday. The language of Section 483-a makes this abundantly clear. Had the legislature intended to exclude from this section any child who has reached his tenth birthday the language used would have been "less than ten years of age," just as Section 483-b uses the words "less than sixteen years of age." Reading the two sections together makes it clear that a child of ten years, that is, one who has not reached his eleventh birthday is included in the language of Section 483-a, and that a child over the age of ten years, that is, one who has become eleven, is included in the language of 483-b. People v. Cooper, 207 Misc. 845 , 143 N.Y.S.2d 855 (Tompkins County Court 1955)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Carroll“"Any person of the age of eighteen years or over who carnally abuses the body, or indulges in any indecent or immoral practices with the sexual parts or organs of a child of the age of ten years or under, shall be guilty of a felony."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Carroll
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