Washington v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “' Id. at 1101 . This Court adopted a 'fact-based approach' to determine if a felony is 'clearly dangerous to human life.' Id. Under that approach, '”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Contreras v. State (In re Contreras) · Contreras v. State

2. “object in the stomach. Additionally, the jury had before it evidence indicating that, after Contreras injured Ava, he failed to tell anyone about it. Thus, a reasonable jury could have found that, under the circumstances of this case, Contreras committed aggravated child abuse and that it was a felony clearly dangerous to human life. Washington, supra. As noted above, however, Contreras argues that the merger doctrine, as delineated in Barnett , prohibits the use of aggravated child abuse as the underlying felony for felony murder. In Barnett , this Court held that”

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