Ferguson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “did then and there intentionally and knowingly with intent to arouse and gratify the sexual desire of the said Defendant, engage in deviate sexual intercourse with [L.D.M.], a female child not his spouse younger than 17 years of age, by engaging in oral deviate sexual intercourse.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex Parte Hawkins

2. ““did then and there with intent to arouse and gratify his sexual desire, intentionally and knowingly engage in deviate sexual intercourse, namely he did place his mouth on the genitals of KRISTEIN BISHOP, a female child younger than seventeen years of age and not his spouse, ...””

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

3. ““(2) ‘Sexual contact’ means any touching of the anus, breast, or any part of the genitals of another person with intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person.””

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