State v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “untoward act of speculation for this court to declare what the defense could or could not have done had it known of the element.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jones · 117 Wash. App. 221 - State v. Jones

2. “See, e.g., State v. Smith, 131 Wn.2d at 265 -66 (citing state and federal case law); State v. Roberts, 88 Wn.2d 337 , 562 P.2d 1259 (1977); State v. Jackson, 87 Wn. App. 801, 812-15 , 944 P.2d 403 (1997) (relying on federal constitution and federal case law); State v. Austin, 59 Wn. App. 186 , 796 P.2d 746 (1990); see also State v. Johnson, 100 Wn.2d 607, 620-21 , 674 P.2d 145 (1983), overruled on other grounds by State v. Bergeron, 105 Wn.2d 1 , 711 P.2d 1000 (1985) (indicating that, for purposes of determining whether harmless error analysis applies to a particular error, Washington courts will follow the lead of the U.S. Supreme Court).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 111 Wash. App. 54 - State v. Jennings

3. “See generally State v. Allen, 101 Wn.2d 355, 358 , 678 P.2d 798 (1984) (citing State v. Carter, 4 Wn. App. 103, 110-11 , 480 P.2d 794 (1971), which in turn cites State v. Turner, 78 Wn.2d 276 , 474 P.2d 91 (1970)); State v. Emmanuel, 42 Wn.2d 799 , 259 P.2d 845 (1953); State v. Hilsinger, 167 Wash. 427 , 9 P.2d 357 (1932); State v. Rader, 118 Wash. 198 , 203 P. 68 (1922).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 111 Wash. App. 54 - State v. Jennings