State v. Trosclair’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently March 2014
19 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Pointer v. Texas · 523 So. 2d 1305 - State v. Mussall · 559 So. 2d 1321 - State v. Wille · 459 So. 2d 31 - State v. Richardson · State v. Polkey
Most-quoted passages
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“Although the defendant was originally charged with aggravated rape, the jury found him guilty of the responsive offense of forcible rape. Nevertheless, this verdict indicates that the jury accepted the victim's testimony that she was forcibly raped at knifepoint, which was corroborated by the testimony of her son, and rejected the defendant's testimony that the act of sexual intercourse was consensual. On appeal, this [c]ourt will not assess the credibility of witnesses or reweigh the evidence to overturn a factfinder's determination of guilt. After a careful review of the record, we believe that a rational trier of fact, viewing all of the evidence as favorably to the prosecution as any rational factfinder can, could have concluded that the State proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty of forcible rape.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Upon motion of a defendant, a mistrial shall be ordered when a remark or comment, made within the hearing of the jury by the judge, district attorney, or a court official, during the trial or in argument, refers directly or indirectly to: * * * * * * (2) Another crime committed or alleged to have been committed by the defendant as to which evidence is not admissible; ... * * * * * * An admonition to the jury to disregard the remark or comment shall not be sufficient to prevent a mistrial. If the defendant, however, requests that only an admonition be given, the court shall admonish the jury to disregard the remark or comment but shall not declare a mistrial.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Simple rape is a rape committed when the anal or vaginal intercourse is deemed to be without the lawful consent of a victim who is not the spouse of the offender because it is committed under any one or more of the following circumstances: (1) When the victim is incapable of resisting or of understanding the nature of the act by reason of stupor or abnormal condition of the mind produced by an intoxicating, narcotic, or anesthetic agent, administered by or with the privity of the offender; or when victim has such incapacity, by reason of a stupor or abnormal condition of mind from any cause, and the offender knew or should have known of the victim's incapacity; or (2) When the victim is incapable, through unsoundness of mind, whether temporary or permanent, of understanding the nature of the act and the offender knew or should have known of the victim's incapacity; or (3) When the female submits under the belief that the person committing the act is her husband and such belief is intentionally induced by any artifice, pretence, or concealment practiced by the offender.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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