State v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

33 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`intended to place the burden on the State to prove a culpable mental state.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Cuble · State v. Carter

2. “(1)(a) A person, whether an adult or juvenile, is guilty of the crime of unlawful possession of a firearm in the first degree, if the person owns, has in his or her possession, or has in his or her control any firearm after having previously been convicted in this state or elsewhere of any serious offense as defined in this chapter.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Warfield · State v. Cuble

3. “"(1) ... the statute must be construed in light of the background rules of the common law, and its conventional mens rea element; (2) whether the crime can be characterized as a "public welfare offense" created by the Legislature; (3) the extent to which a strict liability reading of the statute would encompass seemingly entirely innocent conduct; (4) ... the harshness of the penalty[;] ... (5) the seriousness of the harm to the public; (6) the ease or difficulty of the defendant ascertaining the true facts; (7) relieving the prosecution of difficult and time-consuming proof of fault where the Legislature thinks it important to stamp out harmful conduct at all costs, `even at the cost of convicting innocent-minded and blameless people'; and (8) the number of prosecutions to be expected."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Barnes · 109 Wash. App. 484 - City of Seattle v. Briggs