State v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “So long as the State proved beyond a reasonable doubt... that at least one of the participants intended to inflict great bodily harm and at least one but not necessarily that same participant inflicted great bodily harm during the attack on the victim, the jury with its differing viewpoints as to what actually happened could rationally convict all the participants of first degree assault, including Participant D, who struck no blows and who did not intend to inflict great bodily harm, but who acted as a lookout to alert the remaining participants if the police should arrive.”

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

2. ““To convict a Defendant of the crime of Murder in the First Degree, each of the following elements of the crime must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt: “(1) That on or about the 27th day of August, 1986, the Defendant shot Louis A. Millard; “(2) That the Defendant acted with intent to cause the death of Louis A. Millard; “(3) That the intent to cause the death was premeditated; “(4) That Louis A. Millard died as a result of Defendant’s acts; and “(5) That the acts occurred in Okanogan County, Washington.””

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