State v. Calegar’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “on the Vicodin prescription. Thinking someone may have altered the prescription, McKerracher called the emergency room to find out how many tablets had been prescribed. McKerracher then called the police. The police arrived and arrested Calegar. Calegar denied having altered the prescription, but conceded he had exclusive possession of it from the time he received it from the discharge nurse until he gave it to the pharmacist. An officer searched Calegar and did not find a blue pen. A forensic document examiner testified at trial that the blue mark in front of the number”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Calegar

2. “argument ignores evidence that the mark was not made by accident. The State contends the forensic document examiner's testimony that the pen mark was made with six strokes demonstrates it was neither a random mark nor one created by someone trying to get a recalcitrant pen to write. Having thus sought to prove that someone deliberately altered the prescription, the State concludes that”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Calegar

3. “Ray, 116 Wash.2d at 546 , 806 P.2d 1220 (quoting State v. Smith, 106 Wash.2d 772, 780 , 725 P.2d 951 (1986)). The defense contends the error was not harmless because this was a close case based solely upon circumstantial evidence. The defense asserts the only evidence against Calegar was”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Calegar