State v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the permissive joinder provisions . . . should not be turned into a mandatory test.” Id. at 254 (emphasis omitted). We decline to import permissive joinder standards into the mandatory joinder rule. Instead, we take this opportunity to clarify the analysis for determining what constitutes”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Lee · 132 Wash. 2d 498 - State v. Lee

2. “'based on the same conduct or arising from the same criminal incident’ from the time the defendant is held to answer any charge with respect to that conduct or episode.” We said in Harris: The policy behind the Peterson rule is similar to the policy behind mandatory joinder. Joinder principles are designed to protect defendants from”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 132 Wash. 2d 498 - State v. Lee

3. “[a]re based ... on a series of acts connected together or constituting parts of a single scheme or plan.”

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