88 Wash. 2d 276 - Young v. Konz’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Due process of the law requires a fair trial for each defendant; the fair trial guaranty is protected through the appeals process. It is conceded that a fair trial may in certain cases not be afforded by a nonlawyer judge; but we may properly point out that it is also true that a lawyer judge may commit error and thereby deny a fair trial. The due process safeguard in both cases is appeal, the one critical difference being that a defendant in a court of limited jurisdiction has the automatic right to a new trial, irrespective of error in the first trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 91 Wash. 2d 532 - Young v. Konz

2. “[o]rdinarily, a plea of guilty constitutes a waiver by the defendant of his right to appeal, regardless of the existence of a plea bargain.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Amos

3. “No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 91 Wash. 2d 532 - Young v. Konz