State v. Yates’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]his court has clearly `held that under the statutory scheme in Washington the aggravating factors for first degree murder are not elements of that crime but are sentence enhancers that increase the statutory maximum sentence from life with the possibility of parole to life without the possibility of parole or the death penalty.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Thomas

2. “). Under this standard, we review the evidence in the light most favorable to the State to determine whether any rational trier of fact could have found the presence of the aggravating circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt. See State v. Yates, 161 Wash.2d 714, 752 , 168 P.3d 359 (2007). B. Sufficient Evidence Exists of”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. CHANTHABOULY

3. “`[t]he prejudicial effect of a prosecutor's improper comments ... by looking at the comments in isolation but by placing the remarks "in the context of the total argument, the issues in the case, the evidence addressed in the argument, and the instructions given to the jury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Monday