State Supreme Court / Wash.

State v. Black

Decided November 5, 1987. Robert F. Utter wrote the opinion for the court.

745 P.2d 12 · Cited 192 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. Saldana · 324 N.W.2d 227
State v. Allewalt · 517 A.2d 741
People v. Bledsoe · 681 P.2d 291
State v. Taylor · 663 S.W.2d 235
State v. Allery · 682 P.2d 312
State v. Middleton · 657 P.2d 1215
People v. Rincon-Pineda · 538 P.2d 247
State v. Huey · 699 P.2d 1290
State v. Marks · 647 P.2d 1292
State v. Kim · 645 P.2d 1330
Commonwealth v. Bailey · 348 N.E.2d 746
State v. Martin · 684 P.2d 651
State v. Canaday · 585 P.2d 1185
State v. Woo · 527 P.2d 271
State v. Rusk · 424 A.2d 720
People v. Kilgore · 350 N.E.2d 810
State v. Liddell · 685 P.2d 918

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Spencer v. General Electric Co. · 688 F. Supp. 1072
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State v. Demery · 30 P.3d 1278
State v. Johnson · 219 P.3d 958
State v. McCoy · 366 S.E.2d 731
State v. Cruz · 894 P.2d 573
State v. Kirkman · 159 Wash. 2d 918
City of Seattle v. Heatley · 854 P.2d 658
Chapman v. State · 2001 WY 25
State v. Ciskie · 751 P.2d 1165
State v. Read · 147 Wash. 2d 238
State v. Read · 53 P.3d 26
State v. Johnson · 152 Wash. App. 924
State v. King · 219 P.3d 642
State v. Demery · 144 Wash. 2d 753
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State v. King · 167 Wash. 2d 324

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