State Supreme Court / Wash.

State v. Adams

Decided November 22, 1978. Orris L. Hamilton wrote the opinion for the court.

586 P.2d 1168 · Cited 88 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.

State v. Myers · 545 P.2d 538
Glasser v. United States · 315 U.S. 60
Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335
State v. Gosby · 539 P.2d 680
State v. Sweet · 581 P.2d 579
State v. Bell · 368 P.2d 177
State v. Hess · 541 P.2d 1222
State v. White · 500 P.2d 1242
State v. Johnson · 445 P.2d 726

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In re the Personal Restraint of Cross · 180 Wash. 2d 664
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