Watson v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis
1913
Citation profile
14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently March 1940
14 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on People v. . O'Sullivan · Herbert v. Wagg · Kaufman v. Boismier · State v. Danforth · Dean v. . Raplee
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Moreover, our statute provides (section 2353, Comp. Laws 1909 [Rev. Laws' 1910, sec. 2414]) that all that is required to constitute the crime of rape is an ‘act of sexual intercourse accomplished with a female, not the wife of the perpetrator. *** Where the female is over the age of sixteen years and under the age of eighteen, and of previous chaste and virtuous character.’ The language of the statute is clear and unambiguous. It clearly eliminates the elements of consent and resistance from the case of an assault upon the class of females therein described. Its manifest purpose is to throw a protecting mantle about the female children of this state within certain ages, which the hand of the libertine may not withdraw except at.his peril. The statute, in effect, says that chastity is such a precious gem in the crown of maidenly graces that it cannot be stolen or removed therefrom even with the consent of the wearer, without offending the majesty of the law. To prove that the female consented will not mollify the statute; neither should it avail as a defense to a civil action' for damages for an assault upon her committed in such manner and under such circumstances as to constitute rape as defined by the statute.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Priboth v. Haveron““The jury had the opportunity of seeing the witnesses on the stand face to face and observing their manner, apparent fairness, and candor, 'or want of it. This is not available to this court in a re-examination of evidence. * * *””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. White v. Morrow
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.