State v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Specific criminal intent is that state of mind which exists when the circumstances indicate that the offender actively desired the prescribed criminal consequences to follow his act or failure to act." La.R.S. 14:10(1) ; State v. Ordodi , 06-0207 (La. 11/29/06), 946 So.2d 654 , 661. Specific intent may be inferred from the circumstances surrounding the offense and the conduct of the defendant. Ordodi , supra at 661 ; State v. Weary , 03-3067 (La. 4/24/06), 931 So.2d 297 , 310, cert. denied , 549 U.S. 1062 , 127 S.Ct. 682 , 166 L.Ed.2d 531 (2006). The determination of whether specific intent exists is a fact question for the jury. Ordodi , supra at 661 ; State v. Legrand , 02-1462 (La. 12/3/03), 864 So.2d 89 , 96, cert. denied , 544 U.S. 947 , 125 S.Ct. 1692 , 161 L.Ed.2d 523 (2005).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Aguillard · 155 So. 3d 572 - State v. Hatfield

2. “lustful, obscene, indecent, tending to deprave the morals in respect to sexual relations, and relating to sexual impurity or incontinence carried on in a wanton manner.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Aguillard · 251 So. 3d 661 - State v. Bridges

3. “[W]e have interpreted statutes dealing with sex crimes against children in light of the legislature's "protectionist" goal when drafting these statutes considering that "juveniles have been 'historically recognized as a special class of persons in need of protection ...' " [ State v. ] Fussell , [06-2595 (La. 1/16/08), 974 So.2d 1223 ,] at 1234 (citing State v. Granier , 99-3511 (La. 7/6/00), 765 So.2d 998 , 1000 ). In enacting La.R.S. 14:81(A), the legislature intended the statute "to apply to behavior which falls short of intercourse [when] carried on with young children." State v. Interiano , [03-1760 (La. 2/13/04), 868 So.2d 9 ] at 15 (citing 1942 La. Acts 43 § 81 (Official Comment) ). We have held that "the legislative history shows a compelling state interest in protecting children from the physical and psychological harm that can result from sexual acts committed 'upon the person' of the child and the psychological impact that having such acts committed in their presence may cause." Id. at 15-16.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Aguillard