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← 134 WASH2D 657 - State v. M.L.

State v. M.L.’s Empirical Analysis

1998

Citation profile

7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
June 2006
most recently cited

7 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on State v. Sledge · State v. Talley · 23 Wash. App. 789 - State v. Strong · 54 Wash. App. 81 - State v. Tauala · 37 Wash. App. 773 - State v. P.

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

  1. “`only when it cannot be justified by any reasonable view which may be taken of the record.'”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “`Manifest injustice' means a disposition that would either impose an excessive penalty on the juvenile or would impose a serious and clear danger to society in light of the purposes of the Juvenile Justice Act of 1977.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “the imposition of a sentence which is in excess of 10 times as long as the longest sentence recommended is excessive when imposed upon a 10-year-old boy.”
    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.