35 Wash. App. 766 - State v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The gravamen of the crime of escape is a defendant's defiance of lawful custodial authority and deliberate violation of a judgment directing his or her confinement. The orderly and rational administration of the criminal justice system requires that the judgment be treated as a valid conviction until a court with jurisdiction rules otherwise.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 39 Wash. App. 664 - State v. Hickok · 37 Wash. App. 251 - State v. Gonzales

2. “Any prisoner approved for placement under a work release plan who wilfully fails to return to the designated place of confinement at the time specified shall be deemed an escapee and fugitive from justice, and upon conviction shall be guilty of a felony and sentenced in accordance with the terms of chapter 9.31 RCW.”

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

3. “(1) A person is guilty of escape in the first degree if, being detained pursuant to a conviction of a felony or an equivalent juvenile offense, he escapes from custody or a detention facility.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 37 Wash. App. 251 - State v. Gonzales