State Supreme Court / Wash.

State v. White

Decided February 18, 1982. William H. Williams wrote the opinion for the court.

640 P.2d 1061 · Cited 340 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.

Brown v. Texas · 443 U.S. 47
State v. Grant · 575 P.2d 210
City of Bellevue v. Miller · 536 P.2d 603
Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville · 405 U.S. 156
State v. Gluck · 518 P.2d 703
State v. Hehman · 578 P.2d 527
State v. Simpson · 622 P.2d 1199
City of Seattle v. Drew · 423 P.2d 522
Northend Cinema, Inc. v. City of Seattle · 585 P.2d 1153
State v. Fain · 617 P.2d 720
State v. Michaels · 374 P.2d 989
Federated Publications, Inc. v. Kurtz · 615 P.2d 440
Darrin v. Gould · 540 P.2d 882
State v. Cyr · 246 P.2d 480
State v. Miles · 190 P.2d 740
State v. Gunkel · 63 P.2d 376
Weeks v. United States · 232 U.S. 383
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States · 251 U.S. 385
United States v. Garcia · 450 F. Supp. 1020

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Staats v. Brown · 991 P.2d 615
State v. Potter · 119 P.3d 877
State v. Smith · 759 P.2d 372
State v. Winterstein · 220 P.3d 1226
State v. Wallin · 105 P.3d 1037
State v. Holmes · 117 P.3d 360
State v. McCormick · 216 P.3d 475
Staats v. Brown · 139 Wash. 2d 757
State v. Winterstein · 167 Wash. 2d 620
State v. Afana · 169 Wash. 2d 169
State v. McCormick · 152 Wash. App. 536
State v. Wallin · 125 Wash. App. 648
State v. Williams · 689 P.2d 1065
State v. Afana · 233 P.3d 879
State v. Eserjose · 259 P.3d 172
State v. IBARRA-CISNEROS · 263 P.3d 591
State v. Holmes · 129 Wash. App. 24
State v. Pacas · 123 P.3d 130
City of Shoreline v. McLemore · 438 P.3d 1161

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