State v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The classic Wharton's Rule offenses ... are crimes that are characterized by the general congruence of the agreement and the completed substantive offense. The parties to the agreement are the only persons who participate in commission of the substantive offense, and the immediate consequences of the crime rest on the parties themselves rather than on society at large.... [T]he agreement that attends the substantive offense does not appear likely to pose the distinct kinds of threats to society that the law of conspiracy seeks to avert. [27]”

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

2. “That said defendant, JODY A. MILLER, in Mason County, Washington, on or about the period between July 1, 1993 and August 6, 1993, with intent that conduct constituting the crime of delivery of marijuana be performed, agreed with another person to engage in or cause the performance of such conduct, to-wit: agreed with Laura Miller that Laura would bring marijuana into the Washington Corrections Center and the defendant would then deliver it to other inmates.”

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

3. “That said defendant, JODY A. MILLER, in Mason County, Washington, on or about August 6, 1993, while serving a sentence in a penal institution of this state, did, without authorization, knowingly possess or carry upon his person or had under his control a controlled substance, to-wit: marijuana.”

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