83 Wash. 2d 188 - State v. Pringle’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
50 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently August 2019 · most notably State v. Broadaway (1997), 108 Wash. 2d 125 - State v. Pascal (1987)
50 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 Bozza v. United States · In re Bonner · United States v. Sealy, Inc. · Railway Employes' Department v. Hanson · 81 Wash. 2d 628 - State v. Frazier
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“for the purpose of increasing a valid sentence, but rather ... for the correction of an erroneous and invalid sentence.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“and in no way authorizes a sentencing judge to modify a criminal information after the conclusion of the prosecution and after a valid plea of guilty has been entered. From this the State reasons that a habitual criminal charge involves or creates a status and does not constitute a new crime or a criminal prosecution. As indicated above, we disagree and hold that a habitual criminal charge does constitute a”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(a) On Motion of Prosecution. The court may, in its discretion, upon written motion of the prosecuting attorney setting forth the reasons therefor, dismiss an indictment, information or complaint. (b) On Motion of Court. The court on its own motion in the furtherance of justice, after notice and hearing, may dismiss any criminal prosecution and shall set forth its reasons in a written order.”
2 later decisions 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.