State v. Sexton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 17 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “R.C. testified that the various acts of sodomy occurred continually over a number of years beginning in 1987 when she was 10 years old and continued until she reported them to the police in 1992. The jury could have reasonably concluded, beyond a reasonable doubt, that each of the charged offenses occurred within the time frame provided by the information or prior to the date of the information ....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sexton v. Kemna · George v. State

2. “Because time is not an essential element of the erime, 'the state is not confined in its evidence to the precise date stated in the information, but may prove the offense to have been committed on any day before the date of the information and within the period of limitation'”

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

3. “However, violation of “the rule” does not automatically warrant the exclusion of the witness who violates the rule. To the contrary, it is only when certain “special circumstances” exist that a trial court should exclude the testimony of a witness who violates the witness exclusion rule. As a general rule, these “special circumstances” exist only where there is proof that the witness violated the rule with “the consent, connivance or procurement of the party or counsel calling him.””

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