29 Wash. App. 1 - State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “being detained pursuant to a conviction of a felony”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 39 Wash. App. 664 - State v. Hickok · 35 Wash. App. 766 - State v. Thompson

2. “Important public policies of orderly prison administration and resolution of questions concerning the propriety of prisoners' confinement through legal processes are, we recognize, implicated by allowing the prisoner to assert invalidity of his confinement as a defense to an escape prosecution. These factors were not present in Holsworth and Swindell .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 39 Wash. App. 664 - State v. Hickok

3. “Unlike the charge of first degree escape, the legislature has not expressly made a prior conviction an element of the offenses of second and third degree escape under RCW 9A.76-.120 and 9A.76.130.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 35 Wash. App. 766 - State v. Thompson