23 Wash. App. 519 - State v. Castillo’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 91 Wash. 2d 86 - State v. Adams · 29 Cal. 2d 403 - In Re Harincar · 71 Wash. 2d 470 - State v. Thomas · 56 Wash. 2d 915 - State v. Jackovick · 20 Wash. App. 489 - State v. Braxton
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Every person convicted in this state of any crime of which fraud or intent to defraud is an element, or of petit larceny, or of any felony, who shall previously have been twice convicted, whether in this state or elsewhere, of any crime which under the laws of this state would amount to a felony, or who shall previously have been four times convicted, whether in this state or elsewhere, of petit larceny, or of any misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor of which fraud or intent to defraud is an element, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for life.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“At least in this instance the substance of the crime of grand larceny has not changed the taking of property without permission. Merely the amount necessary to constitute a felony has changed because of inflation. Thus, we adhered to the interpretation of RCW 9.92.090 which allows the conviction of a crime which was a felony at the time it occurred to be used within the meaning of our habitual criminal statute, even though subsequently it has been reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor. Consequently, the conviction of grand larceny in 1976 was properly used to form a partial basis for the habitual criminal charge against Mr. Castillo. [Id.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wasson v. State“both — and were at the time when the appellant was convicted of those offenses — felonies in the state of Washington.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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