State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 22 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. “`admits the truth of the State's evidence' and all reasonable inferences.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Veliz · State v. White

2. “The following additional times shall be added to the standard sentence range for felony crimes committed after July 23,1995, if the offender or an accomplice was armed with a firearm as defined in RCW 9.41.010 and the offender is being sentenced for one of the crimes listed in this subsection as eligible for any firearm enhancements based on the classification of the completed felony crime. If the offender is being sentenced for more than one offense, the firearm enhancement or enhancements must be added to the total period of confinement for all offenses, regardless of which underlying offense is subject to a firearm enhancement. [8]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 185 Wash. App. 655 - State v. Johnson

3. “[rlequiring both that the weapon be readily available and easily accessible, as well as a nexus based on the facts of the case, [to] limit{ ] the definition of being armed to those situations the statutes are aimed at controlling.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Montez