443 So. 2d 178 - Lanier v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

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1. “800.04 Lewd, lascivious, or indecent assault or act upon or in presence of a child; sexual battery.—Any person who: (1) Handles, fondles, or makes an assault upon any child under the age of 16 years in a lewd, lascivious, or indecent manner; (2) Commits an act defined as sexual battery under s. 794.011(1)(h) upon any child under the age of 16 years; or (3) Knowingly commits any lewd or lascivious act in the presence of any child under the age of 16 years without committing the crime of sexual battery is guilty of a felony of the second degree.... Neither the victim's lack of chastity nor the victim's lack of consent is a defense to the crime proscribed by this section.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Welsh v. State · 508 So. 2d 385 - O'BRIGHT v. State

2. “Any person who shall handle, fondle or make an assault upon any child under the age of 14 years in a lewd, lascivious or indecent manner, or who shall knowingly commit any lewd or lascivious act in the presence of such child, without the intent to commit sexual battery, shall be guilty of a felony of the second degree....”

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

3. “`actual contact of the sexual organs' of two persons and penetration of the body of another”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Debaun · 62 So. 3d 693 - LAP v. State