State v. Dash’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To convict the defendant of the crime of theft in the first degree, as charged in count I, each of the following four elements of the crime must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt: (1) That on or about April 17, 2006, the defendant, by color or aid of deception, obtained control over property of another; and (2) That the property exceeded $1500 in value; (3) That the defendant intended to deprive the other person of the property; and (4) That this act occurred in the State of Washington. Instruction 16 (emphasis added).”

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

2. “[wjhether the statute of limitations bars a suit is a legal question, but the jury must decide the underlying factual questions unless the facts are susceptible of but one reasonable interpretation.”

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