36 Wash. App. 463 - State v. Sargent’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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

1. “(1) Whenever any person is found guilty in any court of competent jurisdiction of having committed a crime, ... there shall be imposed by the court upon such convicted person a penalty assessment of fifty dollars for a felony or gross misdemeanor and twenty-five dollars for a misdemeanor. The assessment shall be in addition to any other penalty or fine imposed by law. ... (7) Penalty assessments under this section shall also be imposed in juvenile offense dispositions under Title 13 RCW.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 109 Wash. 2d 1 - State v. Schaaf · 37 Wash. App. 157 - State v. Anderson

2. “(7) Penalty assessments under this section shall also be imposed in juvenile offense dispositions under Title 13 RCW. Upon motion of a party and a showing of good cause, the court may modify the penalty assessment in the disposition of juvenile offenses under Title 13 RCW.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 37 Wash. App. 157 - State v. Anderson · 102 Wash. 2d 19 - State v. QD

3. “[T]he Legislature enacted RCW 7.68.035(7) 5 years after enacting the Juvenile Justice Act of 1977. This chronological sequence of enactments further supports the conclusion that the Legislature intended the penalty assessment to apply to juvenile offense disposition hearings.”

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