Welsh v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`[I]t is evident that the phrase `without committing the crime of sexual battery' was included to differentiate between crimes of sexual battery and lewd and lascivious conduct. Had the phrase been excluded, a person having forcible sexual intercourse with a child under sixteen would be guilty of both crimes.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 922 So. 2d 418 - Williams v. State · 925 So. 2d 393 - Leyva v. State

2. “oral, anal, or vaginal penetration by, or union with, the sexual organ of another or the anal or vaginal penetration of another by any other object.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 922 So. 2d 418 - Williams v. State · 957 So. 2d 595 - Williams v. State

3. “(4) A person who: (a) Engages in sexual activity with a person 12 years of age or older but less than 16 years of age; or (b) Encourages, forces, or entices any person less than 16 years of age to engage in sadomasochistic abuse, sexual bestiality, prostitution, or any other act involving sexual activity commits lewd or lascivious battery, a felony of the second degree . . . .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 922 So. 2d 418 - Williams v. State · 957 So. 2d 595 - Williams v. State