State Supreme Court / Wash.

State v. Coates

Decided April 2, 1987. Vernon Robert Pearson wrote the opinion for the court.

735 P.2d 64 · Cited 99 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. Acosta · 683 P.2d 1069
State v. Cockrell · 689 P.2d 32
State v. McCullum · 656 P.2d 1064
State v. Cord · 693 P.2d 81
State v. Rice · 683 P.2d 199
State v. Allen · 678 P.2d 798
State v. Griffin · 670 P.2d 265
State v. Casal · 699 P.2d 1234
State v. White · 640 P.2d 1061
State v. Holsworth · 607 P.2d 845
State v. Thompson · 232 P.2d 87
City of Seattle v. Green · 322 P.2d 842
State v. Mriglot · 564 P.2d 784
People v. Garcia · 250 Cal. App. 2d 15

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