State v. Morin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 13 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “(b)(i) Has been convicted of: (A) Rape in the first degree, rape of a child in the first degree, child molestation in the first degree, rape in the second degree, rape of a child in the second degree, or indecent liberties by forcible compulsion;.... (ii) Has, before the commission of the offense under (b)(i) of this subsection, been convicted as an offender on at least one occasion, whether in this state or elsewhere, of an offense listed in (b)(i) of this subsection.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Lawrence · 108 Wash. App. 226 - State v. Lawrence

2. “(1) the nature of the offense; (2) the legislative purpose behind the habitual criminal statute; (3) the punishment defendant would have received in other jurisdictions for the same offense; and (4) the punishment meted out for other offenses in the same jurisdiction.”

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

3. “it appears unlikely that [Morin's crime] ... would result in life without parole”

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