Cooper v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
25
cited by 25 later decisions
1
states following
November 1999
most recently cited
25 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Drake v. State · 122 Ga. App. 21 - Carter v. State · McFall v. State · 180 Ga. App. 37 - Cooper v. State
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] five-year-old child cannot consent to any sexual act. [Cit.] Sexual acts directed to such a child are, in law, forcible and against the will. [Cit.]”
3 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.