21 Wash. App. 177 - State v. Pleasant’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 8 state decisions

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

1. “"(a) Timeliness of Motion; Waiver. "(1) A defendant's motion for severance of offenses or defendants must be made before trial, except that a motion for severance may be made before or at the close of all the evidence if the interests of justice require. Severance is waived if the motion is not made at the appropriate time. "(2) If a defendant's pretrial motion for severance was overruled he may renew the motion on the same ground before or at the close of all the evidence. Severance is waived by failure to renew the motion. "(b) Severance of Offenses. "(1) The court, on application of the prosecuting attorney, or on application of the defendant other than under section (a), shall grant a severance of offenses whenever before trial or during trial with consent of the defendant, the court determines that severance will promote a fair determination of the defendant's guilt or innocence of each offense."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 29 Wash. App. 461 - State v. Weddel

2. “"(a) Joinder of Offenses. Two or more offenses may be joined in one charge, with each offense stated in a separate count, when the offenses, whether felonies or misdemeanors or both: " (1) are of the same or similar character, even if not part of a single scheme or plan; or ”(2) are based on the same conduct or on a series of acts connected together or constituting parts of a single scheme or plan; "(3) improper joinder of offenses or defendants shall not preclude subsequent prosecution on the same charge for the charge or defendant improperly joined."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 29 Wash. App. 461 - State v. Weddel

3. “This is an area of the law fraught with sensitive emotional and policy considerations and long scarred with legal and scientific battles.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 98 Wash. 2d 173 - State v. Bartholomew