Moon v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
1
states following
January 2014
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Blakely v. Washington · Francis v. Franklin · Martin v. Ohio · W & W Equipment Co., Inc. v. Mink
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Indiana has allocated the burden as to these defenses in two steps.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“It is a defense that the Defendant reasonably believed that [C.C.] was sixteen years of age or older. If the Defendant proved this by a preponderance of the evidence, you must find the [Defendant not guilty of sexual misconduct with a minor.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“a victim younger than sixteen cannot consent to sexual contact. This principle . . . is at the heart of the prohibitions against child molesting and sexual misconduct with a minor. . . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. W.C.B. v. State · WCB v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.