440 So. 2d 115 - State v. Walters’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The crime of obscenity is the intentional: “(1) Exposure of the genitals, pubic hair, anus, vulva, or female breast nipples in any public place or place open to the public view with the intent of arousing sexual desire or which appeals to prurient interest or is patently offensive.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Albert · State v. Mancini

2. “Obscenity under Section 106A(1) is not an inchoate offense, since it requires the act of "exposure." Thus, defendants' argument that there can be no attempt to commit this offense, because the completed offense is itself in the nature of an attempt, has no merit.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 765 So. 2d 1155 - State v. Palermo · 765 So. 2d 1139 - State v. Palermo

3. “exposure ... with the intent of arousing sexual desire”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 459 So. 2d 1285 - State v. Jacobson · 669 So. 2d 646 - State v. Flores