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← 142 WASH2D 568 - State v. Cronin

State v. Cronin’s Empirical Analysis

2000

Citation profile

42
cited by 42 later decisions
1
states following
June 2009
most recently cited

3 federal appellate · 39 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · 94 Wash. 2d 216 - State v. Green · 98 Wash. 2d 484 - State v. McCullum · State v. Roberts

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

  1. “A person who is an accomplice in the commission of a crime is guilty of that crime whether present at the scene or not. A person is an accomplice in the commission of a crime if, with knowledge that it will promote or facilitate the commission of a crime, he or she either: (1) solicits, commands, encourages, or requests another person to commit the crime; or (2) aids or agrees to aid another person in planning or committing a crime.”
    17 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “' does not necessarily mean that accomplice liability attaches for any and all offenses ultimately committed by the principal.”
    7 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “[A] conviction cannot stand if the jury was instructed in a manner that would relieve the State of this burden.”
    3 later decisions 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.