State v. Mesch’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
October 2004
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on People v. Failla · 105 Wash. 2d 1 - State v. Bergeron · State v. Linn · State v. . Allen · State v. Kellogg
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“required to specify the felony that the defendant intended to commit after the breaking and entering. To avoid confusion or speculation on the part of the jury, the district court must also instruct on the elements constituting the felony. Failure to do both is reversible error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Oetken
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.