Pittman v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• force required in first degree rape is \necessarily relative\ in finding forcible compulsion. Id. at 235
• \The force required to consummate the crime [of rape] against a mature female is not the standard for application in a case in which the alleged victim is a child thirteen years of age.\
• ‘The force required to consummate the crime [of rape] against a mature female is not the standard for application in a ease in which the alleged victim is a child thirteen years of age.’
• “It is clear that the force required to consummate rape in the first degree is necessarily relative. The force required to consummate the crime against a mature female is not the standard for application in a case in which the alleged victim is a child.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Powe v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1991-12-13· cited 124×
• Richards v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1985-04-23· cited 11×
• Ex Parte Williford
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2005-09-16· cited 9×
• Pittman v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1985-03-08· cited 9×
• J.A.P. v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2001-08-31· cited 7×
• Lundy v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1988-01-15· cited 6×
• Lee v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-06-14· cited 5×
• C.D.B. v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2011-04-29· cited 3×
• Lundy v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1987-01-13· cited 1×
• Suarez v. Government of the Virgin Islands
  Virgin Islands· 2006-08-29· cited 1×
• JAP v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2001-08-31
• Parks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-09-20