32 Wash. App. 944 - State v. Van Pilon’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 95 Wash. 2d 385 - State v. Theroff · 87 Wash. 2d 829 - State v. Kroll · 73 Wash. 2d 303 - State v. Peterson · 68 Wash. 2d 304 - State v. Louie · 84 Wash. 2d 527 - State v. Murray
Most-quoted passages
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“compels the conclusion that an unarmed defendant cannot be punished for possession or use of a firearm or deadly weapon in the commission of a crime unless the trier of fact enters a special finding of fact beyond a reasonable doubt that the unarmed defendant had actual or constructive knowledge that a coparticipant in the crime possessed such a weapon.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Except for instructional error which invades a constitutional right of the accused, an appellate court will not consider errors claimed in instructions given or refused unless there was an exception taken at trial adequate to direct the trial judge's attention to the claimed error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“An instruction which prejudicially relieves the State of its burden of proof or prejudicially deprives the defendant of the benefit of having the jury pass upon a signifi cant and disputed issue invades a defendant's right to a fair trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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