State v. Read’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If the trial court refused to give a self-defense instruction because it found no evidence supporting the defendant's subjective belief of imminent danger of great bodily harm, an issue of fact, the standard of review is abuse of discretion. If the trial court refused to give a self-defense instruction because it found no reasonable person in the defendant's shoes would have acted as the defendant acted, an issue of law, the standard of review is de novo.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. George

2. “State v. Walden, 131 Wash.2d 469, 477 , 932 P.2d 1237 (1997). Read testified only that he believed Bruce was angry, that Bruce stepped toward him and moved his arms, and that Read did not have a clear path to the door. Read testified he thought he was going to get hurt and”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Read

3. “Report of Proceedings at 286. Read pulled the gun from his waistband and shot and killed Bruce. At trial, Read and one other witness testified Bruce”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Read