State v. Pirtle

Decided October 12, 1995. Charles W. Johnson wrote the opinion for the court.

127 Wash. 2d 628 · Cited 557 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. Brett · 892 P.2d 29
• State v. Gentry · 888 P.2d 1105
• State v. Lord · 822 P.2d 177
• State v. Rice · 757 P.2d 889
• State v. Irizarry · 763 P.2d 432
• Matter of Personal Restraint of Lord · 868 P.2d 835
• State v. Bartholomew · 683 P.2d 1079
• State v. Jeffries · 717 P.2d 722
• State v. Benn · 845 P.2d 289
• In Re the Personal Restraint of Rupe · 798 P.2d 780
• State v. Green · 616 P.2d 628
• State v. Campbell · 691 P.2d 929
• State v. Tharp · 637 P.2d 961
• State v. Grisby · 647 P.2d 6
• State v. Dictado · 687 P.2d 172
• State v. Lough · 889 P.2d 487
• State v. Ortiz · 831 P.2d 1060
• State v. Furman · 858 P.2d 1092
• State v. Bartholomew · 654 P.2d 1170
• State v. McAlpin · 740 P.2d 824
• In Re the Personal Restraint of Harris · 763 P.2d 823
• Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
• Saffle v. Parks · 494 U.S. 484
• State v. Scott · 757 P.2d 492
• State v. Kwan Fai Mak · 718 P.2d 407

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Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• State v. Finch · 137 Wash. 2d 792
• State v. Finch · 975 P.2d 967
• In re the Personal Restraint of Pirtle · 136 Wash. 2d 467
• Matter of Pirtle · 965 P.2d 593
• State v. Cross · 132 P.3d 80
• State v. Brown · 132 Wash. 2d 529
• State v. Brown · 940 P.2d 546
• State v. Roberts · 142 Wash. 2d 471
• State v. Yates · 168 P.3d 359
• State v. Roberts · 14 P.3d 713
• State v. Stenson · 940 P.2d 1239
• State v. Stenson · 132 Wash. 2d 668
• State v. Cross · 156 Wash. 2d 580
• State v. Clark · 24 P.3d 1006
• In re the Personal Restraint of Davis · 152 Wash. 2d 647
• State v. Yates · 161 Wash. 2d 714
• In Re Davis · 101 P.3d 1
• State v. Clark · 143 Wash. 2d 731
• State v. Davis · 141 Wash. 2d 798
• State Of Washington v. Bruce Allen Hummel · 196 Wash. App. 329
• State v. Monfort · 179 Wash. 2d 122
• State v. Elmore · 139 Wash. 2d 250
• State v. Elmore · 985 P.2d 289
• State v. Bland · 958 S.W.2d 651
• State v. Gregory · 427 P.3d 621

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