State v. Gaff’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We note that there was no error in submitting this instruction in any event. ... In this case, the chief issue at trial was how much supervision was required for Gaff to be safe in community-based treatment. The instruction correctly stated the law here. The instruction placed the burden on the State to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that no less restrictive alternative to secure confinement would be in Gaff’s and other’s best interests. ... In a case, where the jury finds that no less restrictive alternative is “possible of realization” or of being “dealt with successfully,” the State has proven that no less restrictive alternative is in the best interests of the sexual predator or others.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. In Re Detention of Ross · 102 Wash. App. 108 - In re Ross

2. “A jury found that Mitchell Gaff was a sexually violent predator who was likely to reoffend if not placed in a secure setting.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Detention of Ross

3. “it could consider the `feasibility' of treatment settings that were less restrictive than secure confinement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. In Re Detention of Ross