63 Wash. App. 503 - State v. Spurgeon’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
28 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on California v. Trombetta · Arizona v. Youngblood · 47 Cal. 3d 654 - Foley v. Interactive Data Corp. · 106 Wash. 2d 54 - State v. Gunwall · 116 Wash. 2d 342 - Rozner v. City of Bellevue
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“. . . such a sweeping change in longstanding police practice should be made only after a full hearing of all the policy and financial implications and with adequate advance notice to law enforcement in the form of the adoption of a rule of evidence or a statute mandating recording.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Turner · State v. Turner“regarding preservation of breathalyzer samples, being contrary to Alaska's, is a strong indication that our constitution does not require tape recorded interrogations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Turner“there is no contemporary record showing a broader meaning was intended by those adopting the Washington Constitution,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Turner
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.