4 Wash. App. 856 - State v. Washington’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “In State v. Massey, 68 Wn.2d 88, 89 , 411 P.2d 422 (1966) the court established that an arresting officer may make a warrantless arrest under the following circumstances: An officer who effects an arrest without a warrant is governed by general rules stated variously as follows: (1) An officer has cause for 'an arrest if he has reasonable grounds for suspicion, together with evidence of circumstances to warrant a cautious man in believing the accused to be guilty. State v. Hughlett, 124 Wash. 366 , 214 Pac. 841 (1923). (2) An officer has probable cause to arrest without a warrant if he has knowledge which would convince a cautious but disinterested person that the accused is guilty of a felonious offense. State v. Darst, 65 Wn.2d 808 , 399 P.2d 618 (1965); State v. Smith, 56 Wn.2d 368 , 353 P.2d 155 (1960); Beck v. Ohio, 379 U. S. 89 , 13 L. Ed. 2d 142 , 85 Sup. Ct. 223 (1964); Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U. S. 471 , 9 L. Ed. 2d 441 , 83 Sup. Ct. 407 (1963). (3) An officer is not required to have knowledge of evidence sufficient to establish the guilt of the accused beyond a reason able doubt. Draper v. United States, 358 U. S. 307 , 3 L. Ed. 2d 327 , 79 Sup. Ct. 329 (1959).”

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