Thomas v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
February 2002
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hardin v. State · Penley v. State · Rouster v. State · Bedgood v. State · United States v. Gruttadauro
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[The intent to arouse or satisfy sexual desires may be inferred from evidence that the accused intentionally touched a child's genitals.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Craun v. State“frequently grab[bed his three daughters'] breasts and buttocks over their clothes”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Craun v. State“as if he found the touching and the girl's reactions amusing”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Craun v. State
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.