State Supreme Court / Wash.

State v. Smith

Decided April 24, 1980. Robert F. Utter wrote the opinion for the court.

610 P.2d 869 · Cited 175 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.

In Re Lynch · 503 P.2d 921
Ravin v. State · 537 P.2d 494
State v. Laitinen · 459 P.2d 789
Silver v. Silver · 280 U.S. 117
State v. Zornes · 475 P.2d 109
Commonwealth v. Leis · 355 Mass. 189
Brewer v. Copeland · 542 P.2d 445
State v. Ruzicka · 570 P.2d 1208
Graham v. Richardson · 403 U.S. 365
People v. Wingo · 534 P.2d 1001
Darrin v. Gould · 540 P.2d 882
In Re Grant · 553 P.2d 590
State v. Martinez · 538 P.2d 521
State v. Kells · 259 N.W.2d 19
United States v. Orito · 413 U.S. 139
People v. Lorentzen · 194 N.W.2d 827
Aetna Life Insurance v. Washington Life & Disability Insurance Guaranty Ass'n · 520 P.2d 162
State v. Smith · 446 P.2d 571
State v. Patterson · 515 P.2d 496
State v. Lee · 558 P.2d 236
State v. Sweet · 581 P.2d 579
Nielsen v. Washington State Bar Ass'n · 585 P.2d 1191
People v. Summit · 517 P.2d 850
Standow v. City of Spokane · 564 P.2d 1145
Washington State School Directors Ass'n v. Department of Labor & Industries · 510 P.2d 818

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State v. Schmeling · 191 Wash. App. 795
MacIas v. Department of Labor & Industries · 668 P.2d 1278
State v. Thein · 138 Wash. 2d 133
State v. Cord · 693 P.2d 81
State v. Fain · 617 P.2d 720
State Of Washington v. Brian M. Bassett · 198 Wash. App. 714
State v. White · 720 P.2d 873
State v. Johnson · 904 P.2d 1188
State v. Myrick · 688 P.2d 151
State v. Seagull · 632 P.2d 44
State v. Rice · 655 P.2d 1145
State v. Frampton · 627 P.2d 922
State v. Williams · 968 P.2d 26
State v. Brett · 892 P.2d 29
Hansen v. Friend · 824 P.2d 483
State v. Coria · 839 P.2d 890
State v. Lively · 130 Wash. 2d 1
State v. Vickers · 59 P.3d 58
State v. Vickers · 148 Wash. 2d 91
State v. Cole · 906 P.2d 925
Christen v. Lee · 780 P.2d 1307

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