State v. Irons’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Local 24, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Schoonover · Jirovec v. Wood · 88 Wash. 2d 221 - State v. Wanrow · 121 Wash. 2d 220 - State v. Janes · 101 Wash. 2d 612 - State v. Acosta
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Jury instructions are sufficient if they are supported by substantial evidence, allow the parties to argue their theories of the case, and when read as a whole properly inform the jury of the applicable law.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Although the instruction allowed Irons to argue his theory of the case, it left him with the burden of overcoming the inconsistency between the instruction as written and his theory that he reasonably believed he was in imminent danger of death or great personal injury from multiple assailantsnot just [the victim].”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Harris“it stands to reason that the imminence of the danger ... may increase with the number of persons sharing the plan or purpose of attack.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Ward
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.