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← 74 Wash. App. 133 - State v. Freitag

74 Wash. App. 133 - State v. Freitag’s Empirical Analysis

1994

Citation profile

12
cited by 12 later decisions
2
states following
July 1997
most recently cited

12 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 106 Wash. 2d 514 - State v. Nordby · 106 Wash. 2d 547 - State v. Armstrong · 108 Wash. 2d 125 - State v. Pascal · 108 Wash. 2d 458 - State v. McAlpin · 117 Wash. 2d 156 - State v. Allert

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

  1. “0” offender score does not include a complete absence of convictions. If the majority’s position that the complete absence of misdemeanors constitutes a mitigating circumstance because the”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. ““(1) Ensure that the punishment for a criminal offense is proportionate to the seriousness of the offense and the offender’s criminal history; (2) Promote respect for the law by providing punishment which is just; (3) Be commensurate with the punishment imposed on others committing similar offenses; (4) Protect the public; (5) Offer the offender an opportunity to improve him or herself; and (6) Make frugal use of the state’s resources.” Wash. Rev. Code § 9 .94A.010.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “[t]he complete lack of misdemeanors, beyond the absence of felonies that renders a zero offender score ... is appropriate for the sentencing judge to consider, in that it supports a finding that the defendant lacked the predisposition to commit the crimes.”
    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.