102 Wash. 2d 305 - State v. Staeheli’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
31 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently August 2015 · most notably 116 Wash. 2d 154 - State v. Schulze (1991), 112 Wash. 2d 882 - State v. Bartels (1989)
31 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 109 N.J. Super. 1 - State v. Pandoli · 93 Wash. 2d 436 - State v. Fitzsimmons · State v. Severino · Graham v. State · Washington v. Fitzsimmons
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“For the purposes of the Breathalyzer test, an accused's opportunity to contact an attorney must be limited to a reasonable period of time. An extended delay may significantly affect the test results. If an accused has been allowed reasonable access and has made no contact with counsel, but the test can no longer be delayed, the driver must decide on his own whether he will submit to the test.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“if the warnings confuse the driver about his rights under the statute, he may claim that he had no reasonable opportunity to refuse.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“warn the driver that his or her privilege to drive will be revoked or denied if he or she refuses to submit to the test.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.