State v. Willis’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
May 2011
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Hickman · 122 Wash. 2d 270 - State v. Valdobinos · State v. Eastmond · Blaney v. International Ass'n of MacHinists · 128 Wash. 2d 151 - State v. Lee
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.
“courts run the risk of punishing a defendant under the deadly weapon enhancement for having a weapon unrelated to the crime.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Easterlin · State v. Brown“[T]he mere presence of a deadly weapon at the crime scene is insufficient to show that the defendant is `armed.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Reading Valdobinos , [2] Schelin, and Willis together, we conclude . . . the State must establish that the defendant was within the proximity of an easily and readily available firearm for offensive or defensive purposes and that a nexus exists between the defendant, the crime, and the firearm.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Easterlin
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.