State v. Yonker’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
November 2018
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Bourgeois · State v. WWJ Corp. · 99 Wash. 2d 501 - State v. Caliguri · State v. Bourgeois · State v. WWJ Corp.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Many of a bailiff’s legitimate functions involve perfunctory communication with the jury, from taking their meal orders to telling them where the restroom is located. Thus, it is too broad a statement to say that all communications from a bailiff to a jury are forbidden. . . . The law forbids only communications that could possibly influence deliberations. . . . Communications necessary for the proper care of the jury, such as lunch orders and other administrative matters, do not raise an inference of impropriety because communications are neutral and innocuous.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Floyd“Communications necessary for the proper care of the jury, such as 17 No. 75924-8-1/18 lunch orders and other administrative matters, do not raise an inference of impropriety because these communications are neutral and innocuous.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“forbids only communications that could possibly influence deliberations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.