Washington v. State’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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The law provides that evidence of other transactions or offenses, or whatever they may be, of this defendant, that are similar in terms of common design, scheme, plan, course of conduct, motive, location of time and place, and other factors which are connected to the offense for which the defendant is on trial may be admissible and considered for the limited purpose of showing, if it does so show, the state of mind, that is, the knowledge or intent of the defendant in the crime or crimes charged in the case now on trial. Such evidence, if any, may not be considered by you for any other purpose.”

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

2. “Backup law enforcement arrived, and another officer patted Smith down and discovered a knife and a rock of crack cocaine inside her sock, as well as two crack pipes on her person. Meanwhile, Gavin obtained John Doe's driver's license. He observed that John Doe did not fit the descriptive information or the photograph on the license. On questioning by Gavin, John Doe could not remember the information contained on the license. Officers”

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

3. “(b) Washington also argues that trial counsel was ineffective in failing to object to the State's introduction of a certified copy of his forgery conviction, which was not a similar transaction. But evidence concerning this previous conviction was first introduced by Washington himself on direct examination during his explanation of the incident involved here. He testified that Gavin tapped on his window and asked what he was”

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