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138 Wash. 2d 630 - State v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

1999

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
January 2001
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 122 Wash. 2d 109 - State v. Halstien · 106 Wash. 2d 514 - State v. Nordby · State v. Halgren · 111 Wash. 2d 892 - State v. Mejia · 61 Wash. App. 923 - State v. Hicks

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.

  1. “irrelevant to determining the issue at hand. It is the general character and legislative treatment of felony murder itself that is dispositive in the present context, not the specific character of the underlying crime. It is precisely because there is nothing inherently sexual about felony murder that it has not been included within the statutory definition of”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. State v. Thomas
  2. “Thus, pursuant to RCW 9.94A.127(2), Thomas concludes the special finding of sexual motivation may not be applied to enhance his sentence. A plain reading of RCW 9.94A.030(33)(a) does not support Thomas' argument. While it is true that rape, because it is defined under chapter 9A.44 RCW, does fall within the statutory definition of”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. State v. Thomas
  3. “the same cannot be said of felony murder. Felony murder, whatever the predicate felony may be, is a distinct crime unto itself. It is defined under chapter 9A.32 RCW. Chapter 9A.32 RCW is not one of the chapters expressly included within the statutory definition of”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. State v. Thomas

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.