Becker v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 13 state decisions

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

1. “A trial court has no obligation to instruct the jury on a lesser-included offense unless a basis exists for acquitting the defendant of the greater offense charged and convicting him of the lesser-included offense. “A lesser[-] included[-] offense instruction is not required where there is strong and substantial proof of the offense charged, and the evidence does not suggest a questionable essential element of the more serious offense charged.””

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

2. “involving the penetration of the sex organ or anus by a finger, instrument or object. Soto v. State , 226 S.W.3d 164 , 166 (Mo. banc 2007). In other words,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Treatment P.L.

3. “[a] person can commit the crime of statutory sodomy simply by touching the victim's genitals with a hand.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Treatment P.L.