29 Wash. App. 354 - State v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 23 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “For the purpose of attacking the credibility of a witness, evidence that he has been convicted of a crime shall be admitted if elicited from him or established by public record during cross-examination but only if the crime ... (2) involved dishonesty or false statement, regardless of the punishment.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 32 Wash. App. 158 - State v. Zibell · 98 Wash. 2d 748 - State v. Pam

2. “At about 10:30 p.m. on January 24, 1980, a man robbed a desk clerk at the Seattle depot of the Trailways Bus Company. The robber, using what appeared to be a gun, took cash and a bus ticket for Salt Lake City. The victim contacted the police and described his assailant as a black man, 5 feet 11 inches tall, wearing a yellow or tan leather jacket. The next day at about 11 a.m., Isaac Moore presented a ticket for Salt Lake City at the Tacoma Trailways depot and checked two suitcases for Portland. The ticket had the same number as the one stolen in Seattle the night before. Officer Lynch of the Tacoma Police Department received a call reporting this incident. He confirmed the Seattle robbery and obtained a description that matched that of the suspect. Lynch arranged for surveillance of the bus station, but the Salt Lake City bus departed at 1:25 p.m. without Moore. Lynch then went to the storage room and took the suitcases that Moore had previously checked. . . . After Lynch left the bus depot, Moore returned and attempted to transfer his ticket to Greyhound. The police were notified and Moore was arrested at about 2:30 or 2:45 p.m. At trial, Moore made a motion in limine to bar the prosecutor from impeaching his credibility by inquiring about a prior robbery conviction in Tennessee. Moore offered to stipulate that he had previously been convicted of a felony provided that the nature of the offense was not mentioned. The court denied Moore's motion and stated: The Court: Rule 60”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 33 Wash. App. 55 - State v. Moore · 38 Wash. App. 203 - State v. Reid

3. “Some other factors that may be considered in weighing probative value of credibility against potential prejudice include: (1) the length of the defendant's criminal record; (2) remoteness of the prior conviction; (3) nature of the prior crime; (4) the age and circumstances of the defendant; (5) centrality of the credibility issue; and (6) the impeachment value of the prior crime.”

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