State v. Peters’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[t]he actions or remarks of [the prosecutor] call to the attention of the jury a matter it would not be justified in considering in determining its verdict and, if so, under the circumstances of the particular case, whether the error is substantial and prejudicial such that there is a reasonable likelihood that, in its absence, there would have been a more favorable result.””

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Tenney · State v. Cummins

2. “"(1) the nature of the victim's participation (whether the defendant required the victim's active participation), (2) the duration of the defendant's acts, (3) the defendant's willingness to terminate his conduct at the victim's request, (4) the relationship between the victim and the defendant, and (5) the age of the victim."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Gibson · State v. Scieszka

3. “[a] person commits forcible sexual abuse if the victim is 14 years of age or older and, under cireumstances not amounting to rape, object rape, sodomy, or attempted rape or sodomy, ... touches the anus, buttocks, or any part of the genitals of another, or touches the breast of a female, or otherwise takes indecent liberties with another ... with intent to cause substantial emotional or bodily pain to any person or with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person, without the consent of the other, regardless of the sex of any participant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2007 UT App 255 - State v. Hirschi