State v. Lopez’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
January 2011
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 94 Wash. 2d 634 - State v. Delmarter · Nagy v. United States · In re Galloway · 121 Wash. 2d 333 - State v. Joy · Jones v. Sisters of Providence in Wash.
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he trial court does not have inherent authority to suspend or defer a sentence; the Legislature must grant the court such power. As a consequence, the terms of the statutes that grant courts the authority to defer the imposition or execution of a sentence are mandatory; any court action that fails to follow the statutory provisions is void.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“court shall not suspend or defer the imposition or the execution of the disposition.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. MOHAMOUD“at least fourteen days before commencement of trial. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. MOHAMOUD
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.