State v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “A parent of a child, the person entrusted with the physical custody of a child or dependent person, a person who has assumed the responsibility to provide to a dependent person the basic necessities of life, or a person employed to provide to the child or dependent person the basic necessities of life is guilty of criminal mistreatment in the first degree if he or she recklessly, as defined in RCW 9A.08.010, causes great bodily harm to a child or dependent person by withholding any of the basic necessities of life.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Mitchell · State v. Mitchell

2. “a person who, because of physical or mental disability, or because of extreme advanced age, is dependent upon another person to provide the basic necessities of life.”

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

3. “a person who has assumed the responsibility to provide to a dependent person the basic necessities of life,”

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