State Supreme Court / Wash.

State v. Smith

Decided October 2, 1986. Vernon Robert Pearson wrote the opinion for the court.

725 P.2d 951 · Cited 277 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. Coe · 684 P.2d 668
State v. Saltarelli · 655 P.2d 697
State v. Laureano · 682 P.2d 889
State v. Jackson · 689 P.2d 76
State v. Goebel · 218 P.2d 300
State v. Cunningham · 613 P.2d 1139
State v. Green · 616 P.2d 628
State v. Tharp · 637 P.2d 961
State v. Robtoy · 653 P.2d 284
State v. Goebel · 240 P.2d 251
State v. Hess · 541 P.2d 1222
State v. Bell · 518 P.2d 696
State v. Russell · 424 P.2d 639
State v. James · 385 P.2d 558
Nelson v. State · 782 P.2d 290

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State v. Lough · 889 P.2d 487
State v. Foxhoven · 161 Wash. 2d 168
State v. Mohapatra · 880 A.2d 802
State v. Wilson · 144 Wash. App. 166
State v. Vy Thang · 103 Wash. App. 660
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State v. Dennison · 801 P.2d 193
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State v. Embry · 171 Wash. App. 714
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State v. Suttle · 812 P.2d 119
State v. Brockob · 150 P.3d 59
State v. Brown · 132 Wash. 2d 529
State v. Powell · 893 P.2d 615

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