State v. Stratton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The legislature finds that sex offenders often pose a high risk of reoffense, and that law enforcement's efforts to protect their communities, conduct investigations, and quickly apprehend offenders who commit sex offenses, are impaired by the lack of information available to law enforcement agencies about convicted sex offenders who live within the law enforcement agency's jurisdiction. Therefore, this state's policy is to assist local law enforcement agencies' efforts to protect their communities by regulating sex offenders by requiring sex offenders to register with local law enforcement agencies as provided in section 402 of this act.”

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

2. “We look for a statute's meaning from its wording, the context in which we find the statute, and the entire statutory scheme.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of Federal Way v. TOWN & COUNTRY

3. “The court's purpose in construing a statute is to ascertain and give effect to the intent and purpose of the Legislature.”

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