Caballero v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) A person commits an offense if, with a child younger than 17 years and not his spouse, whether the child is of the same or opposite sex, he: (1) engages in sexual contact with the child.”

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

2. “The language of the relevant statutes indicate an intent on the part of the legislature to proscribe specific conduct[,] :.. engaging in sexual contact with a person younger than seventeen. The indecency offense includes the requirement of “intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire ...” because legitimate, non-criminal, contact may occur between parents, nurses, doctors, or other care-givers and a child ... on the relevant body parts. The offense, however does not require that the arousal or gratification actually occur. The offense of indecency with a child is complete upon the contact accompanied by the requisite intent.”

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