State v. Colson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““1. A person is guilty of rape if he engages in sexual intercourse: tt “B. With any person, not his spouse, and he compels such person to submit: “(1) by force and against the person’s will; or “(2) by threat that death, serious bodily injury, or kidnapping will be imminently inflicted on the person or on any other human being.” 17-A MRSA sec. 252(1).”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 101 Wis. 2d 441 - State v. Baldwin · State v. Twist

2. “threat that death, severe bodily injury, or kidnapping will be imminently inflicted on the person or any other person.“ The trial judge found that the defendant compelled the female to submit not by physical force but by implied threats of lesser magnitude than”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tauasosi v. American Samoa Government

3. “specified exactly what kinds of threats operating as the coercive agent compelling sexual intercourse or sexual acts must be alleged and proved to support a conviction of rape or the related section 253 crime. (Emphasis added).”

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