State v. Ward’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
65 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 66 later decisions — most recently March 2022 · most notably Smith v. Safeco Ins. Co. (2003), Smith v. Safeco Insurance (2003)
65 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Apprendi v. New Jersey · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · 119 Wash. 2d 192 - State v. Salinas · 117 Wash. 2d 93 - State v. Kjorsvik
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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'An essential element is one whose specification is necessary to establish the very illegality of the behavior charged.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“does not amount to assault in the first or second degree.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“(a) Willful violation of a court order issued under subsection (2) or (3) of this section is a gross misdemeanor except as provided in (b) . . . of this subsection (4). . . . (b) Any assault that is a violation of an order issued under this section and that does not amount to assault in the first or second degree under RCW 9A.36.011 or 9A.36.021 is a class C felony punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW, and any conduct in violation of a protective order issued under this section that is reckless and creates a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury to another person is a class C felony punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Keend · State v. Keend
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.