464 So. 2d 1192 - State v. Lanier’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the crime of lewd and lascivious handling, fondling, or assault of a child included sexual intercourse and other acts defined as sexual battery.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 802 So. 2d 281 - Seagrave v. State · 488 So. 2d 106 - Hightower v. State

2. “both prior to and subsequent to the 1984 Amendment is violated when a male engages in sexual intercourse with a twelve-year-old girl... .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 508 So. 2d 385 - O'BRIGHT v. State · 488 So. 2d 106 - Hightower v. State

3. “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.”

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