445 So. 2d 949 - Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “"We fully realize the difficulty of fathoming the mind of defendant to such an extent that it can be determined with absolute certainty that his conduct include an intent by him to engage in sexual intercourse with [the victim] by forcible compulsion, but we think the evidence shows conclusively that she thought that he had that intent and that what she thought prompted her to plead with him and to pay him not to do so. No human being is in a better position to determine whether such intention existed than the alleged victim and her aggressor. Having no testimony from the aggressor as to his intention, the only reasonable conclusion, we think, is that some time during the hassle between the two the man with the gun intended to rape the defenseless woman he had pushed on the bed."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Downing v. State · 644 So. 2d 1302 - Wesson v. State

2. “A person is guilty of an attempt to commit a crime if, with the intent to commit a specific offense, he does any overt act towards the commission of such offense.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 584 So. 2d 556 - Heard v. State · 473 So. 2d 652 - Johnson v. State

3. “[a] male commits the crime of rape in the first degree if . . . [h]e engages in sexual intercourse with a female by forcible compulsion.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Downing v. State · 584 So. 2d 556 - Heard v. State