State v. Werdell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[Werdell]’s adopted adult son, Everts, who has a felony record, a history of alcohol and substance abuse, and a his tory of brandishing weapons, was involved in a boating accident in October 2000 off the Southern Oregon coast. A friend of Everts died in the accident. Everts was operating the boat; he had been drinking at the time. When he had recovered sufficiently from the injuries that he suffered in the accident, he was lodged in the Curry County Jail for violating his probation by drinking alcohol. Eventually, he was charged with negligent homicide in Curry County. “A day or two after the accident, Everts’s girlfriend, Hagen, went to the campsite in Curry County where Everts had been camping at the time of the accident to collect Everts’s truck and his other belongings. While doing so, she discovered a gun in a cooler that belonged to Everts. Everts was a convicted felon and, as such, was not permitted to possess a gun. Hagen also discovered a partially consumed bottle of tequila. She brought everything to her home in Medford (Jackson County) and called [Werdell], who also lives in Medford. [Werdell] went to Hagen’s home and retrieved the gun and the bottle of tequila. He disposed of the bottle in the trash. He took the gun to Applegate Lake in Jackson County and tossed it into the water. “Some time later, after Everts had been released from jail for the probation violation (but before his conviction on the negligent homicide charge), Everts assaulted Hagen. She called t”

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

2. ““A person commits the crime of hindering prosecution if, with the intent to hinder the apprehension, prosecution, conviction or punishment of a person who has committed a crime punishable as a felony, or with the intent to assist a person who has committed a crime punishable as a felony in profiting or bene-fitting from the commission of the crime, the person: “(a) Harbors or conceals such person; or “(b) Warns such person of impending discovery or apprehension; or “(c) Provides or aids in providing such person with money, transportation, weapon, disguise or other means of avoiding discovery or apprehension; or “(d) Prevents or obstructs, by means of force, intimidation or deception, anyone from performing an act which might aid in the discovery or apprehension of such person; or “(e) Suppresses by an act of concealment, alteration or destruction physical evidence which might aid in the discovery or apprehension of such person; or “(f) Aids such person in securing or protecting the proceeds of the crime.””

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

3. ““[t]he plain words of the statute ... mean that the true issue is whether defendant suppressed evidence that ‘might aid in the discovery or apprehension of such person,’ that is, ‘a person who has committed a crime punishable as a felony.’ The issue is not whether defendant suppressed evidence that might have aided in the discovery of the fact that such a person had committed a crime.””

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