97 Wash. App. 327 - State v. Melton’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
August 2008
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Jorn · Arizona v. Washington · Wade v. Hunter · Brady v. Samaha · United States v. Starling
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) whether the court act[ed] precipitately ... [or] gave both defense counsel and the prosecutor full opportunity to explain their positions; (2) whether it accorded careful consideration to [the defendant's] interest in having the trial concluded in a single proceeding; and (3) whether it considered alternatives to declaring a mistrial.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Sheets · State v. Robinson“valued right to have his trial completed by a particular tribunal.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Sheets · State v. Robinson“scrupulous exercise of judicial discretion”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Sheets · State v. Robinson
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.