Young v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"(a) A person commits the crime of sexual abuse in the first degree if: "(1) He subjects another person to sexual contact by forcible compulsion; or ".... "(3) He, being 16 years old or older, subjects another person to sexual contact who is less than 12 years old."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 574 So. 2d 921 - King v. State

2. “"(a) 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."”

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

3. “Under these facts, the jury could have convicted Young of rape or attempted rape in the first degree or sexual abuse in the first degree.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 574 So. 2d 921 - King v. State