72 Wash. 2d 150 - State v. Bromley’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
29 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently December 2020 · most notably 167 W. Va. 830 - State v. Beck (1981), 95 Wash. 2d 203 - In Re the Personal Restraint of Keene (1981)
29 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 Michelson v. United States · Gaines v. State of Washington · People v. Jones · 36 Wash. 2d 367 - State v. Goebel · 37 Wash. 2d 759 - State v. Meyer
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As to all such affirmative defenses we have always held that the burden is upon the accused to support his defense to the extent of establishing a reasonable doubt in the minds of the jurors . . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“`to the extent of creating a reasonable doubt in the minds of the jurors as to the [defendant's] guilt. . . .'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Frost · State v. Lively“Though coercion does not excuse taking the life of an innocent person, it does excuse most, if not all, other offenses. In order to constitute a defense, the coercion or duress must be present, imminent, and impending, and of such a nature as to induce a well-grounded apprehension of death or serious bodily injury if the act is not done. . . . Furthermore, the danger must be continuous throughout the time when the act is being committed and must be one from which the defendant cannot withdraw in safety. The doctrine of coercion or duress cannot be invoked as an excuse by one who had a reasonable opportunity to avoid doing the act without undue exposure to death or serious bodily harm. And threat or fear of future injury is not sufficient.”
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.