98 Wash. App. 42 - State v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In the Matter of Charles · In Re Personal Restraint of Gronquist · 116 Wash. 2d 777 - State v. Batista · 118 Wash. 2d 773 - State v. Lessley · 91 Wash. App. 874 - State v. Simonson
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Notwithstanding any other law, if the offender is convicted under this section for unlawful possession of a firearm in the first or second degree and for the felony crimes of theft of a firearm or possession of a stolen firearm, or both, then the offender shall serve consecutive sentences for each of the felony crimes of conviction listed in this subsection.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“If an offender is convicted under RCW 9.41.040 for unlawful possession of a firearm in the first or second degree and for the felony crimes of theft of a firearm or possession of a stolen firearm, or both, then the offender shall serve consecutive sentences for each conviction of the felony crimes listed in this subsection, and for each firearm unlawfully possessed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. McReynolds
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.