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← 159 Wash. 2d 203 - State v. Easterlin

159 Wash. 2d 203 - State v. Easterlin’s Empirical Analysis

2006

Citation profile

6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
March 2016
most recently cited

1 federal appellate · 5 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on McCarthy v. United States · Henderson v. Morgan · 147 Wash. 2d 330 - State v. Brown · 87 Wash. 2d 501 - Wood v. Morris · 83 Wash. 2d 594 - State v. Taylor

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

  1. “a weapon is easily accessible and readily available for use, either for offensive or defensive purposes.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “There was . . . ample evidence from which a trier of fact could find Easterlin was armed to protect the drugs.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “a particularly difficult question when the defendant had only constructive possession over a weapon.”
    1 later decision 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.