99 Wash. App. 81 - State v. Klok’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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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. “One of the reasons for placing the burden on the defense to object in the course of argument is that the defendant and defense counsel are the persons most acutely attuned to perceive the possible prejudice of the prosecutor's remarks. The absence of an objection in this case indicates that the comment, at the time it was made, did not strike Klok or his attorney as being unfair or untrue.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jordan · State v. Jordan

2. “improper prosecutorial remarks can be described as `touching on' a constitutional right, and still be curable by a proper instruction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 101 Wash. App. 380 - State v. French

3. “the Washington State Supreme Court has unswervingly adhered to the standard articulated in Belgarde.”

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