State v. Kane’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “State v. Zornes, 78 Wash.2d 9, 12 , 475 P.2d 109 (1970), overruled on other grounds in United States v. Batchelder, 442 U.S. 114 , 99 S.Ct. 2198 , 60 L.Ed.2d 755 (1979). In derogation of the common law, the saving statute preserves a potential or pending prosecution from being abated, perhaps inadvertently, by the Legislature's later act of repealing or amending the substantive law defining the offense or fixing its penalty.”

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

2. “Whenever the Legislature alters existing law, a certain measure of inequality is bound to ensue. Where the change is ameliorative and reflects a judgment that the earlier law was unduly harsh or unjust, a court should not withhold the benefits of the new statute to one tried after its passage, merely because it is powerless to extend them to those already convicted.”

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

3. “This is a measure that gets tough on those who have a substance abuse problem, but also stops the revolving door to the prisons. It gives the offender the treatment he needs so he is less likely to offend again, while still requiring confinement.”

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