96 Wash. 2d 591 - State v. Tharp’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 188 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 195 later decisions — most recently November 2020 · most notably State v. Thomas (2004), State v. Brown (1997)
5 federal appellate · 188 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 36 Wash. 2d 367 - State v. Goebel · 93 Wash. 2d 823 - State v. Cunningham · 40 Wash. 2d 18 - State v. Goebel · 95 Wash. 2d 15 - State v. Alexis · 96 Wash. 2d 1 - State v. Evans
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 195 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the rule that error is not prejudicial unless, within reasonable probabilities, the outcome of the trial would have been materially affected had the error not occurred.”
15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts is not admissible to prove the character of a person in order to show that he acted in conformity therewith. It may, however, be admissible for other purposes, such as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, or absence of mistake or accident.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`in order that a complete picture be depicted for the jury.'”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.