State v. Snedden’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “with intent to commit a crime against a person. " RCW 9A.52.030 (emphasis added). The plain language of the indecent exposure statute satisfies this requirement. Indecent exposure occurs when the perpetrator "intentionally makes any open and obscene exposure ... knowing that such conduct is likely to cause reasonable affront or alarm.”

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

2. “An appellate court will uphold the trial court's dismissal of a charge pursuant to a Knapstad motion if no rational finder of fact could have found beyond a reasonable doubt the essential elements of the crime.”

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

3. “[ (1) ] intent to commit a crime against a person or property therein, [and (2) ] the person enters or remains unlawfully in a dwelling other than a vehicle.”

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