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← 58 Wash. App. 210 - State v. Hopper

58 Wash. App. 210 - State v. Hopper’s Empirical Analysis

1990

Citation profile

6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
June 1992
most recently cited

6 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Bibby v. United States · 104 Wash. 2d 412 - State v. Guloy · 113 Wash. 2d 679 - State v. Leach · 104 Wash. 2d 315 - State v. Holt

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

  1. “a) assaulted Andre Guiberson with a weapon or other instrument or thing likely to produce bodily harm....”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “That the defendant Steve Mizell Hopper, in King County, Washington, on or about June 30, 1988 did assault Officer D. Shelton, a human being, with a deadly [sic] weapon, and other instrument or thing likely to produce bodily harm, to-wit: a flashlight; Contrary to RCW 9A.36.021(l)(a), (l)(c), and against the peace and dignity of the state of Washington.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “To convict the defendant of the crime of assault in the second degree, each of the following elements of the crime must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt:”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.