Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 116 Wash. 2d 342 - Rozner v. City of Bellevue · Western Telepage, Inc. v. City of Tacoma · Berger v. Sonneland · 109 Wash. 2d 819 - Everett Concrete Products, Inc. v. Department of Labor & Industries · State v. Argueta
Most-quoted passages
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“(1)(a) A person, whether an adult or juvenile, is guilty of the crime of unlawful possession of a firearm in the first degree, if the person owns, has in his or her possession, or has in his or her control any firearm after having previously been convicted in this state or elsewhere of any serious offense as defined in this chapter. . . . . (3) Notwithstanding RCW 9.41.047 or any other provisions of law, as used in this chapter, a person has been "convicted", whether in an adult court or adjudicated in a juvenile court, at such time as a plea of guilty has been accepted, or a verdict of guilty has been filed, notwithstanding the pendency of any future proceedings including but not limited to sentencing or disposition, post-trial or post-factfinding motions, and appeals. Conviction includes a dismissal entered after a period of probation, suspension or deferral of sentence, and also includes equivalent dispositions by courts in jurisdictions other than Washington state. A person shall not be precluded from possession of a firearm if the conviction has been the subject of a pardon, annulment, certificate of rehabilitation, or other equivalent procedure based on a finding of the rehabilitation of the person convicted or the conviction or disposition has been the subject of a pardon, annulment, or other equivalent procedure based on a finding of innocence. Where no record of the court's disposition of the charges can be found, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the pers”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. State“If a person is convicted of a Class A felony, or one of the enumerated crimes listed in RCW 9.41.040(4), is there any statutory procedure for restoring such a person's right to possess a firearm?”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. State“found that there was a wealth of information to support the finding that Harry Smith was rehabilitated.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. State
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