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← 187 WASHAPP 942 - State v. Bird

State v. Bird’s Empirical Analysis

2015

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
December 2019
most recently cited

3 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on North Carolina v. Alford · 129 Wash. 2d 635 - State v. Branch · State v. Mullin-Coston · State v. Chambers · Edwards v. Le Duc

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

  1. “Whether a prior conviction qualifies as a predicate offense is a threshold question of law for the court, and not an essential element of the crime of felony DUI.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “Once determined that a prior offense is admissible, the State can introduce the crime into evidence at the present trial.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “[w]hile under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.