State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 state decisions

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

1. “[t]his prohibition does not ... bar a party from challenging legal errors or abuses of discretion....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Gronnert · State v. White

2. “the standard sentence range is greater than one year and the sentencing court determines that the offender is eligible for this alternative and that the offender and the community will benefit from the use of the alternative, the judge may waive imposition of a sentence within the standard sentence range and impose a sentence that must include a period of total confinement in a state facility for one-half of the midpoint of the standard sentence range.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 128 Wash. App. 718 - State v. Murray

3. “[a]ny sentence imposed under this chapter shall be determined in accordance with the law in effect when the current offense was committed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Albritton