Roughton v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
May 2015
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 587 So. 2d 1012 - Parks v. State · 558 So. 2d 981 - Rothchild v. State · 505 So. 2d 1075 - Phillips v. State · Adler v. State · Vo v. State
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]ny touching of the sexual or other intimate parts of a person not married to the actor, done for the purpose of gratifying the sexual desire of either party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Whether [the accused's] touching is for the purpose of sexual gratification is a question for the jury and may be inferred from the act itself.”
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.