75 Wash. 2d 57 - State v. Fortson’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
November 1981
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 68 Wash. 2d 304 - State v. Louie · State v. Comer · 74 Wash. 2d 185 - State v. Cadena · 56 Wash. 2d 368 - State v. Smith · 36 Wash. 2d 598 - State v. Hartwig
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The granting or refusing of a continuance is within the discretion of the trial judge, and his decision will not be disturbed absent a showing that he has abused his discretion. The judge must not exercise his discretion arbitrarily; his denial of a continuance must be justified under the circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. James
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.