State v. Sisouvanh’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An abuse of discretion standard often is appropriate when (1) the trial court is generally in a better position than the appellate court to make a given determination, (2) a determination is fact intensive and involves numerous factors to be weighed on a case-by-case basis, (3) the trial court has more experience making a given type of determination and a greater understanding of the issues involved, (4) the determination is one for which "no rule of general applicability could be effectively constructed," and/or (5) there is a strong interest in finality and avoiding appeals.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Curry · 181 Wash. App. 67 - Keck v. Collins

2. “Affording discretion to a trial court allows the trial court to operate within a 'range of acceptable choices.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Curry

3. “various decisions by the trial court regarding competency are subject to an abuse of discretion standard.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 193 Wash. 2d 792 - State v. McCarthy (In Re McCarthy)