State v. Fire’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 58 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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “if a defendant believes that a juror should have been excused for cause and the trial court refused his for-cause challenge, he may elect not to use a peremptory challenge and allow the juror to be seated. After conviction, he can win reversal on appeal if he can show that the trial court abused its discretion in denying the for-cause challenge.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of Bothell v. Barnhart · State v. Gonzales

2. “The subject matter in this case. You know, if it was, you know, somebody stealing a car or even someone getting murdered, that's, you know, fine with me. But a case in this nature, you know, I consider him a baby raper, and it should just be severely punished. I'm very opinionated when it comes to this kind of crime. I hold innocent — or children from conception [are] very dear, and they should be protected.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 141 Wash. App. 597 - State v. Wilson · State v. Wilson

3. “Where, as here, the parties failed to brief the Gunwall factors, this court will not consider a claim that our state constitution affords greater protection.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fields v. Waddington