Reynolds v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
37 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently August 2022 · most notably State v. Smith (1989), Commonwealth v. Lopez (2001)
37 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 15 Cal. 3d 143 - People v. Mayberry · Mills v. United States · Neitzel v. State · Elson v. State · Whittlesey 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Without Consent.” In order to find the defendant guilty of sexual assault in the first degree, you must find that he was subjectively aware that [L.P.] did not consent to sexual penetration. If from all the evidence you have a reasonable doubt as to the question whether the defendant believed that [L.P.] consented to sexual penetration, you must give the defendant the benefit of that doubt and find him not guilty. “Recklessly.” With respect to the circumstance of consent, a person acts recklessly with respect to a circumstance described by the law when he is aware of and consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the circumstance exists. The risk must be of such a nature and such a degree that disregard of it constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of conduct that a reasonable person would observe in the situation. A person who is unaware of a risk of which he would have been aware had he not been intoxicated acts recklessly with respect to that risk.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Laseter v. State“The defendant has been charged with two counts of sexual assault in the second degree. A person commits the crime of sexual assault in the second degree if he engages in sexual contact with another person without consent of the person. In order to establish the crime of sexual assault in the second degree, it is necessary for the state to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the following: First, that the event in question occurred at or near Anchorage, and on or about August 12, 1984; Second, that Randall A. Reischman engaged in sexual contact with T.C.; and Third, that the sexual contact occurred without her consent....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Reischman v. State“It is a defense to a charge of Sexual Assault in the First Degree that the defendant entertained a reasonable and good faith belief based upon the totality of the circumstances that the female person voluntarily consented to engage in sexual intercourse. If from all the evidence you have a reasonable doubt whether the defendant reasonably and in good faith believed she voluntarily consented to engage in sexual intercourse, you must give the defendant the benefit of that doubt and acquit him of said charges.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ervin 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.