108 Wash. App. 581 - State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “I believe that she would [be able to testify], but I think that testimony would be best obtained if she could do it in a quiet reassuring environment rather than a larger courtroom such as this .... For example, if she were able to sit down with the Judge in closed Chambers with one or two people that she trusted.[ 4 ]”

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

2. “a value judgment has already been made that the accused is not entitled to confront those persons making the qualifying statements.”

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

3. “Washington state constitution provides a more stringent confrontation right than does the federal constitution.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Smith