21 Wash. App. 708 - State v. Rhinehart’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. “"Possessing stolen property" means knowingly to receive, retain, possess, conceal, or dispose of stolen property knowing that it has been stolen and to withhold or appropriate the same to the use of any person other than the true owner or person entitled thereto.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Wash. 2d 923 - State v. Rhinehart · 49 Wash. App. 596 - State v. Smith

2. “That the defendant ... in King County, Washington, during a period of time intervening between November 27, 1976 through November 29, 1976, did knowingly receive, retain, possess, conceal, and dispose of stolen property, to-wit: a 1974 Ford Bronco, VIN [vehicle identification number] #V15GLU08341, of a value in excess of $1,500 knowing that it had been stolen and did withhold and appropriate the same to the use of a person other than Hanna Motors, Vancouver, WA.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Wash. 2d 923 - State v. Rhinehart

3. “[b]ecause one could not be guilty of possessing stolen property in the first degree without also being guilty of possessing stolen property in the third degree, the latter is a lesser included offense of the former.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Wash. 2d 923 - State v. Rhinehart