State v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “intervening appellate decision that 'settles a point of law without overturning prior precedent' or 'simply applies settled law to new facts' does not constitute a significant change in the law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Pers. Restraint of Light-Roth

2. “'test to determine whether an [intervening case] represents a significant change in the law is whether the defendant could have argued this issue before publication of the decision.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 193 Wash. 2d 310 - In re Meippen

3. “more than one year after [his] judgment becomes final if the judgment and sentence is valid on its face and was rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 193 Wash. 2d 310 - In re Meippen