Taul v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
48 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently January 2026 · most notably Wilks v. State (2002), Argyrou v. State (1998)
48 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 117 Wash. 2d 829 - State v. Lord · Saldana v. State · Dice v. State · Springfield v. State · Opie v. State
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“lest the trial court becomes required to control argument because opposing counsel does not object.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. James v. State · Belden v. State“whether all of the evidence presented is “adequate to support a reasonable inference of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt to be drawn by the finder of fact, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the state.” * * * We do not substitute our judgment for that of the jury in applying this rule, and our only duty is to determine if a quorum of reasonable and rational individuals would, or even could, have come to the same result the jury actually did.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. DeWitt v. State · DeLeon v. State“(a) Reputation or opimion. In all cases in which evidence of character or a trait of " character of a person is admissible, proof may be made by testimony as to reputation or by testimony in the form of an opinion. - On cross-examination, inquiry is allowable into relevant specific instances of conduct. ' (b) Specific instances of conduct. In cases in which character or a trait of character of a person is an essential element of a charge, claim, or defense, or is in issue under Rule 404(a)(2), proof may also be made of specific instances of his conduct.”
3 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.