State v. Eckenrode’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “[A] person is not armed merely by virtue of owning or even possessing a weapon; there must be some nexus between the defendant, the weapon, and the crime.”

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

2. “when there is a special allegation that the defendant was armed with a firearm at the time of the commission of the crime pursuant to RCW 9.94A.533(3).”

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

3. “a weapon is easily accessible and readily available for use, either for offensive or defensive purposes.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 162 Wash. App. 1009 - State v. RUEM