State Supreme Court / Wash.

State v. Stenson

Decided July 24, 1997. Richard B. Sanders wrote the opinion for the court.

132 Wash. 2d 668 · Cited 920 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. Gentry · 888 P.2d 1105
State v. Brett · 892 P.2d 29
State v. Lord · 822 P.2d 177
State v. Powell · 893 P.2d 615
State v. Brown · 132 Wash. 2d 529
State v. Pirtle · 127 Wash. 2d 628
State v. Perrone · 834 P.2d 611
State v. Benn · 845 P.2d 289
State v. Swan · 790 P.2d 610
People v. Sanders · 905 P.2d 420
State v. Cauthron · 846 P.2d 502
State v. DeWeese · 816 P.2d 1
State v. Riley · 846 P.2d 1365
Brenk v. State · 847 S.W.2d 1
State v. Copeland · 130 Wash. 2d 244
State v. Ortiz · 831 P.2d 1060
People v. Burton · 771 P.2d 1270
State v. Bartholomew · 683 P.2d 1079
State v. Luvene · 127 Wash. 2d 690
People v. Coleman · 759 P.2d 1260
State v. Fiallo-Lopez · 899 P.2d 1294
State v. McFarland · 899 P.2d 1251
State v. Hoffman · 804 P.2d 577
State v. DiFrisco · 645 A.2d 734
Matter of Personal Restraint of Lord · 868 P.2d 835

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

In re the Personal Restraint of Stenson · 142 Wash. 2d 710
In Re Personal Restraint of Stenson · 16 P.3d 1
State v. Thompson · 169 Wash. App. 436
State v. Cross · 156 Wash. 2d 580
State v. Cross · 132 P.3d 80
State v. Finch · 137 Wash. 2d 792
State v. Finch · 975 P.2d 967
State v. Gregory · 158 Wash. 2d 759
State v. Mehrabian · 175 Wash. App. 678
State v. Gregory · 147 P.3d 1201
State v. Thorgerson · 258 P.3d 43
State v. Warren · 165 Wash. 2d 17
State v. Warren · 195 P.3d 940
State v. Varga · 86 P.3d 139
State v. Varga · 151 Wash. 2d 179
State v. Askham · 86 P.3d 1224
State v. Askham · 120 Wash. App. 872
In re the Personal Restraint of Stenson · 150 Wash. 2d 207
In re the Personal Restraint of Stenson · 153 Wash. 2d 137
State v. Clark · 24 P.3d 1006
State v. Lindsay · 180 Wash. 2d 423
State v. Woods · 143 Wash. 2d 561
State v. Clark · 143 Wash. 2d 731
State v. Elmore · 139 Wash. 2d 250
Salas v. Hi-Tech Erectors · 168 Wash. 2d 664

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