State Supreme Court / Wash.

State v. Wakefield

Decided October 24, 1996. Richard B. Sanders wrote the opinion for the court.

130 Wash. 2d 464 · Cited 160 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. Miller · 756 P.2d 122
State v. Tourtellotte · 564 P.2d 799
State v. Schaupp · 757 P.2d 970
State v. Chadderton · 832 P.2d 481
State v. Fisher · 739 P.2d 683
State v. Taylor · 521 P.2d 699
State v. Boyer · 588 P.2d 1151
State v. Pam · 680 P.2d 762
State v. Ross · 883 P.2d 329
State v. Saas · 820 P.2d 505
State v. Cosner · 530 P.2d 317
State v. Wheeler · 631 P.2d 376
State v. Buckner · 876 P.2d 910
State v. Hardesty · 915 P.2d 1080
State v. Hardesty · 129 Wash. 2d 303

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Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

In Re Breedlove · 979 P.2d 417
In re the Personal Restraint of Thompson · 141 Wash. 2d 712
Personal Restraint of Thompson · 10 P.3d 380
State v. Sanchez · 46 P.3d 774
In re the Personal Restraint of Breedlove · 138 Wash. 2d 298
State v. Sledge · 133 Wash. 2d 828
State v. Sledge · 947 P.2d 1199
In Re Call · 28 P.3d 709
State v. Elza · 87 Wash. App. 336
State v. Benefiel · 111 Wash. App. 789
State v. Walsh · 17 P.3d 591
State v. Walsh · 143 Wash. 2d 1
In re the Personal Restraint of Call · 144 Wash. 2d 315
State v. Mercado · 181 Wash. App. 624
In Re the Personal Restraint of Hoisington · 993 P.2d 296
State v. Sanchez · 146 Wash. 2d 339
State v. Morley · 134 Wash. 2d 588
State v. Mendoza · 157 Wash. 2d 582
State v. Mendoza · 141 P.3d 49
State v. Warner · 762 So. 2d 507
State v. Talley · 134 Wash. 2d 176
Price v. Farmers Ins. Co. · 946 P.2d 388
Price v. Farmers Insurance · 133 Wash. 2d 490
State v. Talley · 949 P.2d 358
State v. MacDonald · 183 Wash. 2d 1

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