State Supreme Court / Wash.

In re the Personal Restraint of Pirtle

Decided October 1, 1998. Charles W. Johnson wrote the opinion for the court.

136 Wash. 2d 467 · Cited 168 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Matter of Personal Restraint of Lord · 868 P.2d 835
State v. Pirtle · 127 Wash. 2d 628
In Re the Personal Restraint of Cook · 792 P.2d 506
Matter of Personal Restraint of Rice · 828 P.2d 1086
Giglio v. United States · 405 U.S. 150
Napue v. Illinois · 360 U.S. 264
People v. Holt · 15 Cal. 4th 619
State v. Furman · 858 P.2d 1092
In Re the Personal Restraint of Jeffries · 789 P.2d 731
State v. Powell · 893 P.2d 615
State v. Walton · 824 P.2d 533
State v. Bartholomew · 683 P.2d 1079
Gardner v. Malone · 376 P.2d 651
State v. Frampton · 627 P.2d 922
State v. Evans · 633 P.2d 83
State v. Piche · 430 P.2d 522
State v. Bradley · 719 P.2d 546
State v. Pirtle · 904 P.2d 245
Ex Parte Granviel · 561 S.W.2d 503
In re the Personal Restraint of Benn · 134 Wash. 2d 868
Cumbie v. Cumbie · 379 P.2d 918

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Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

In Re Woods · 114 P.3d 607
In re the Personal Restraint of Woods · 154 Wash. 2d 400
State v. Williams · 991 P.2d 107
State v. Sadler · 193 P.3d 1108
In re the Personal Restraint of Haghighi · 178 Wash. 2d 435
State v. Grier · 208 P.3d 1221
State v. Grier · 150 Wash. App. 619
State v. Wilson · 117 Wash. App. 1
State v. Wilson · 75 P.3d 573
State v. BJS · 154 P.3d 930
State v. Weber · 159 Wash. 2d 252
State v. Weber · 149 P.3d 646
In re the Personal Restraint of Cross · 180 Wash. 2d 664
State v. Irby · 170 Wash. 2d 874
State v. Thompson · 169 Wash. App. 436
State v. Fauci · 917 A.2d 978
State v. Ish · 241 P.3d 389
State v. Ish · 170 Wash. 2d 189
State v. Korum · 141 P.3d 13
State v. Korum · 157 Wash. 2d 614
In re the Personal Restraint of Morris · 176 Wash. 2d 157
State v. Schierman · 192 Wash. 2d 577
State v. Borboa · 157 Wash. 2d 108
State v. Borboa · 135 P.3d 469
State v. Sadler · 147 Wash. App. 97

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