State Supreme Court / Wash.

State v. Finch

Decided May 6, 1999. Philip A. Talmadge wrote the opinion for the court.

137 Wash. 2d 792 · Cited 412 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. Hartzog · 635 P.2d 694
State v. Pirtle · 127 Wash. 2d 628
State v. Tolley · 226 S.E.2d 353
State v. Gentry · 888 P.2d 1105
People v. Boose · 362 N.E.2d 303
People v. Duran · 545 P.2d 1322
Jenkins v. Snohomish County Public Utility District No. 1 · 713 P.2d 79
Carrick v. Locke · 882 P.2d 173
State v. Stenson · 132 Wash. 2d 668
Marshall v. Jerrico, Inc. · 446 U.S. 238
State v. Powell · 893 P.2d 615
State v. Dictado · 687 P.2d 172
Bowers v. State · 507 A.2d 1072
State v. Lord · 822 P.2d 177
State v. Post · 837 P.2d 599
State v. Sawyer · 371 P.2d 932
State v. Brett · 892 P.2d 29
State v. Halstien · 857 P.2d 270
State v. Campbell · 691 P.2d 929
State v. Rice · 757 P.2d 889
State v. Johnson · 371 P.2d 611
State v. Jones · 247 N.W.2d 427
Kotteakos v. United States · 328 U.S. 750
Coffin v. United States · 156 U.S. 432
State v. Hill · 870 P.2d 313

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Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

In Re Davis · 101 P.3d 1
State v. Jaquez · 20 P.3d 1035
In Re Elmore · 172 P.3d 335
State v. Clark · 24 P.3d 1006
State v. Clark · 143 Wash. 2d 731
State v. Jaquez · 105 Wash. App. 699
State v. Rodriguez · 45 P.3d 541
State v. Jaime · 233 P.3d 554
In Re Detention of Ross · 6 P.3d 625
In re the Personal Restraint of Elmore · 162 Wash. 2d 236
State Of Washington v. Terry Joel Caver · 195 Wash. App. 774
State v. Elmore · 985 P.2d 289
State v. Walker · 185 Wash. App. 790
State v. Pavlik · 165 Wash. App. 645
State v. Davis · 10 P.3d 977
In re the Personal Restraint of Davis · 152 Wash. 2d 647
State v. Cross · 132 P.3d 80
State v. Damon · 25 P.3d 418
State v. Thompson · 169 Wash. App. 436
State v. Davis · 141 Wash. 2d 798
State v. Elmore · 139 Wash. 2d 250
State v. Rodriguez · 146 Wash. 2d 260
State v. Herrick · 2004 MT 323
In re Ross · 102 Wash. App. 108
State v. Adams · 155 P.3d 989

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