State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A person at least twenty-one .years of age or older commits the crime of enticement of a child if that person persuades, solicits, coaxes, entices, or lures whether by words, actions or through communication via the Internet or any electronic communication, any person who is less than fifteen years of age for the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. EDDIE WAYNE SMITH, Movant-Appellant v. STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent-Respondent.

2. “all elements of the lesser offense, attempted statutory rape in the second degree, were explicitly found by the jury in finding Appellant guilty of Count I, enticement of a child, when coupled with their determination of guilt as to Count II, attempted statutory rape in the first degree.”

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

3. “Attempted statutory rape in the first degree occurs where a subject, with the purpose of committing the [completed] offense, takes a substantial step towards having 'sexual intercourse with another person who is less than fourteen years old.'”

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