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71 Wash. App. 14 - State v. Stith’s Empirical Analysis

1993

Citation profile

31
cited by 31 later decisions
2
states following
November 2024
most recently cited

31 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently November 2024 · most notably State v. Easter (1996), State v. Abeyta (1995)

31 state decisions

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Relationships

Relies on People v. . Fielding · 110 Wash. 2d 504 - State v. Belgarde · 102 Wash. 2d 140 - State v. Reed · 61 Wash. App. 354 - State v. Casteneda-Perez · 60 Wash. App. 869 - State v. Barrow

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “out of jail for a week and he basically was just resuming his criminal ways. He was just coming back and he was dealing again”. 71 Wn. App. at 16 . This court held that comment was misconduct justifying reversal because it indicated to the jury that Stith’s previous conviction was drug related (information which until then had been withheld from the jury), and it also was impermissible opinion testimony that Stith was selling drugs again and therefore was guilty as charged. 71 Wn. App. at 22 . Despite”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “`Allegedly improper arguments should be reviewed in the context of the total argument, the issues in the case, the evidence addressed in the argument, and the instructions given.'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “Misconduct is prejudicial when, in context, there is `a substantial likelihood' that the misconduct `affected the jury's verdict.'”
    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.