People v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A person is guilty of course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree when, over a period of time not less than three months in duration: (a) he or she engages in two or more acts of sexual conduct ... with a child less than eleven years old; or (b) he or she, being eighteen years old or more, engages in two or more acts of sexual conduct... with a child less than thirteen years old.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Simon

2. “[a]n indictment cannot charge a defendant with more than one count of [that] crime ... unless there has been an interruption in the course of conduct.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Simon

3. “crime of course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree is a continuing offense,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Simon