Scott v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
August 2005
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 191 Ill. 2d 168 - People v. Childress · Spivey v. State · Jacks v. State · Mitchell v. State · Buchanan 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Q When he put his hands down your pantsl[,] what part of your body did he touch then? A My private. Q Your private. And so everybody is on the same page and we all know what you mean, what do you do with your private? A Use the restroom. Q [K.L.S.], when your dad put his hands in your pants and touched your private, did he ever put anything in your private? A Yes. Q What? A His finger.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. State“Later, when asked to explain whether Smith put his private on the outside or inside of her private, V.D. gave a seemingly inappropriate response. But, as we have already noted, a detailed anatomical description of penetration is unnecessary. Id. at 724 . And while the interviewer was confused by V.D.'s statement that Smith”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. State“Upon testifying that Seott inserted his finger into her 'private,' and that she used her 'private' to go to the restroom, K.L.S. provided information upon which the jury could determine that Seott had inserted his finger into her external genitalia.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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