422 So. 2d 1128 - State v. Willie’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently October 2017
21 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 Jackson v. Virginia · 360 So. 2d 500 - State v. Drew · 385 So. 2d 248 - State v. Byrd · 405 So. 2d 1080 - State v. Parish · Garcia v. Uvalde County
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“degree of force employed and the extent to which the victim resists.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“"Aggravated rape is a rape committed where the anal or vaginal sexual intercourse is deemed to be without lawful consent of the victim because it is committed under any one or more of the following circumstances: (1) Where the victim resists the act to the utmost, but whose resistance is overcome by force; or (2) Where the victim is prevented from resisting the act by threats of great and immediate bodily harm, accompanied by apparent power of execution; or (3) Where the victim is prevented from resisting the act because the offender is armed with a dangerous weapon; or (4) Where the victim is under the age of twelve years. Lack of knowledge of the victim's age shall not be a defense."”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“Louisiana statutes mandate life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence for the commission of the following crimes: (1) LSA-R.S. 14:30, First Degree Murder, where the jury does not unanimously recommend the death penalty; (2) LSA-R.S. 30.1, Second Degree Murder; (3) LSA-R.S. 14:42, Aggravated Rape; (4) LSA-R.S. 14:44, Aggravated Kidnapping; and (5) Certain offenses under the habitual offender law. Except for criminal conduct subject to sentencing under the habitual offender statute, mandatory life sentences are imposed only for violent crimes against the person. Louisiana's statutory scheme recognizes five grades of culpability for illegal sexual conduct ranging from aggravated rape to sexual battery. This scheme is complimented by the responsive verdict system. Louisiana does not single out aggravated rape for disproportionate punishment. Compared with the sentencing statutes of other states for the same crime, Louisiana's statute is not facially excessive. Many jurisdictions (not Louisiana) have adopted, with modifications, the Model Penal Code classifications. Under this Code, rape under these circumstances would be classified as a first degree felony. The ordinary term for such a felony is imprisonment to a minimum term of not less than one year nor more than ten years and a maximum term of life. In Alabama, for example, rape in the first degree is a Class A felony punishable either by life imprisonment or a term of ten t”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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