111 Wash. 2d 121 - State v. Halsen’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
3
states following
January 1998
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 105 Wash. 2d 120 - State v. Hornaday · 108 Wash. 2d 272 - Davis v. Department of Employment Security · 90 Wash. 2d 395 - Gross v. City of Lynnwood · State v. Halsen
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Absent a statutory definition, words of a statute must be accorded their ordinary meaning.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'be literally and strictly construed in favor of the accused'.”
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.