729 So. 2d 648 - State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Broadrick v. Oklahoma · Griswold v. State of Connecticut · Kolender v. Lawson · Bowers v. Hardwick · Austin Products Co. v. Workers' Compensation Insurers Rating Association of Minnesota
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) The unnatural carnal copulation by a human being with another of the same sex or opposite sex or with an animal, except that anal sexual intercourse between two human beings shall not be deemed as a crime against nature when done under any of the circumstances described in R.S. 14:41, 14:42, 14:42.1 or 14:43. Emission is not necessary; and, when committed by a human being with another, the use of the genital organ of one of the offenders of whatever sex is sufficient to constitute the crime. (2) The solicitation by a human being of another with the intent to engage in any unnatural carnal copulation for compensation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“to the extent it criminalizes the performance of private, consensual, non-commercial acts of sexual intimacy between individuals who are legally capable of giving their consent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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