Lopez v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
October 1982
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Williams · Rinehart v. State · State v. Harrington · State v. Cunha · State v. Rand
Most-quoted passages
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“Any sex act between persons who are not at the time cohabiting as husband and wife is sexual abuse in the third degree by a person when the act is performed with the other participant in any of the following circumstances: 1.Such act is done by force or against the will of the other participant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Zaehringer
How this case has been treated — in progress
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