State v. Westling’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
25
cited by 25 later decisions
2
states following
February 2011
most recently cited
25 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 117 Wash. 2d 263 - State v. Smith · State v. Adel · State v. Tili · State v. Bobic · State v. McNeal
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he statute refers, in relevant part, to the causing of " a fire" that damages "any automobile." "Any" means "every" and "all." State v. Smith, 117 Wash.2d 263, 271 , 814 P.2d 652 (1991). Thus, under the plain language of the statute, one conviction is appropriate where one fire damages multiple automobiles, i.e., by use of the word "any" the statute speaks in terms of "every" and "all" automobiles damaged by the one fire.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Ose · State v. Durrett“Double jeopardy principles protect a defendant from being convicted more than once under the same statute if the defendant commits only one unit of the crime.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Ose · State v. Thomas“[a] person is guilty of arson in the second degree if he [or she] knowingly and maliciously causes a fire ... which damages ... any ... automobile.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Ose · State v. Graham
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.