State v. Berry’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts · Johnson v. Mississippi · Baker Thomas v. General Motors Corporation · Alaska Packers Ass'n v. Industrial Accident Commission · Milwaukee County v. M. E. White Co.
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“been convicted as an offender on at least two separate occasions, whether in this state or elsewhere, of felonies that under the laws of this state would be considered most serious offenses and would be included in the offender score under RCW 9.94A.360; provided that of the two or more previous convictions, at least one conviction must have occurred before the commission of any of the other most serious offenses for which the offender was previously convicted [.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Keller“The first step ... is to identify any comparable Washington offenses by comparing the elements of the out-of-state crime with the elements of the potentially comparable Washington crimes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Russell“If comparable offenses are found, the court decides which is the most comparable offense and determines its classification under Washington law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Russell
How this case has been treated — in progress
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