State v. JM’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “(1) A person is guilty of harassment if: (a) Without lawful authority, the person knowingly threatens: (i) To cause bodily injury immediately or in the future to the person threatened or to any other person; .... ... and (b) The person by words or conduct places the person threatened in reasonable fear that the threat will be carried out....”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. J.M. · State v. GS

2. “`[t]hreat' means to communicate, directly or indirectly, the intent (a) [t]o cause bodily injury in the future to the person threatened or to any other person; ....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. GS · State v. JM

3. “To violate the harassment statute, the perpetrator’s threat must be knowingly communicated directly or indirectly; by some means the person threatened must find out about the threat; and words or conduct of the perpetrator must place the person threatened in reasonable fear that the threat will be carried out.[ 29 ]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 104 Wash. App. 643 - State v. G.S.