State v. Arnold’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
September 1989
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Sonnier · 445 So. 2d 1203 - State v. Rault · 402 So. 2d 650 - State v. Sonnier · 380 So. 2d 1 - State v. Sonnier · 432 So. 2d 209 - State v. Moore
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.
“Where there is no evidence that the defendant forced the victim to submit sexually to him in order to secure her release, the essential ransom element of the crime [of aggravated kidnapping] cannot be found beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“no evidence in this record which shows that defendant forced the victim to engage in sexual intercourse `in order to secure [her] release....'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“defendant evidenced any intent, or promise, to release the victim if she either purchased drugs for him or had sex with him”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.