Watson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
December 2017
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Lawrence v. Texas · Bell v. State · Powell v. State · Brewer 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]n individual violates the solicitation of sodomy statute if he (1) solicits another individual (2) to perform or submit to a sexual act involving the sex organs of one and the mouth or anus of the other and (3) such sexual act is to be performed (a) in public; (b) in exchange for money or anything of commercial value; (c) by force; or (d) by or with an individual who is incapable of giving legal consent to sexual activity.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[a] person commits the offense of solicitation of sodomy when he solicits another to perform or submit to an act of sodomy.”
1 later decision 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.