State v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) Issuance of Warrant of Arrest. If a complaint is filed and if the offense charged may be tried in the jurisdiction in which the warrant issues, and if the sentence for the offense charged may include confinement in jail, the court may direct the clerk to issue a warrant for the arrest of the defendant.... (b) Issuance of Summons in Lieu of Warrant.”

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

2. “[2] The warrant stated: A complaint/information under oath or certification has been filed in this court, charging the defendant with the crimes hereon described. Therefore, in the name of the State of Washington, you are commanded to arrest the defendant and keep the defendant in custody until the defendant is discharged according to law [.]”

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

3. “The work of the clerk who prepares a proposed warrant can be checked and approved in only a moment or two by a judge or court commissioner. If CrRLJ 2.5 were intended to dispense with this significant and final safeguard, it would explicitly say so. Based on these indications of intent, we conclude that CrRLJ 2.5 uses the words”

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