96 Wash. App. 875 - State v. Gilmer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Nor does it violate petitioner's right to equal protection that the prosecutor may choose to enforce one criminal statute against her and not [the other]. The discretion vested in the prosecutor to selectively enforce criminal statutes is not unconstitutional if not based on unjustifiable standards.”

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

2. “As the Bronco pulled up next to the white car, Mr. Gilmer stuck the barrel of the gun out the window of the passenger side of the Bronco, pointed the gun at the white car, and pulled the trigger.”

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

3. “The crime of felony murder is, by its very nature, a separate and distinct crime, even when its elements appear to be similar to the elements of other offenses [such as manslaughter].”

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