Flink v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 15 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor. (a) A person commits the crime of contributing to the delinquency of a minor if, being 19 years of age or older, he ... (4) engages in sexual contact with a child under 16 years of age but 13 years of age or older. ... (b) Contributing to the delinquency of a minor is a class A misdemeanor.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Moor v. State

2. “(A) the intentional touching, directly or through clothing, by the defendant of the victim’s genitals, anus, or female breast; or (B) the defendant’s intentionally causing the victim to touch, directly or through clothing, the defendant’s or victim’s genitals, anus, or female breast.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Scroggins v. State

3. “[a] person commits the crime of sexual abuse of a minor, if, being sixteen years or older, he engages in sexual contact with a person who is under thirteen years of age.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Potts v. State