4 Wash. App. 73 - State v. Boyer’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
May 1980
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Robinson v. State of California · Gore v. United States · 48 Wash. 2d 545 - In RE OLSEN v. Delmore · 60 Wash. 2d 21 - State v. Johnson · 5 Wash. 2d 234 - State v. Barton
Most-quoted passages
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“"Any person who shall commit or attempt to commit any felony, or any misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor categorized herein as inherently dangerous, while armed with, or in the possession of any firearm, shall upon conviction, in addition to the penalty provided by statute for the crime committed without use or possession of a firearm, be imprisoned as herein provided: "(1) For the first offense the offender shall be guilty of a felony and the court shall impose a sentence of not less than five years, which sentence shall not be suspended or deferred; "(2) For a second offense, or if, in the case of a first conviction of violation of any provision of this section, the offender shall previously have been convicted of violation of the laws of the United States or of any other state, territory or district relating to the use or possession of a firearm while committing or attempting to commit a crime, the offender shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned for not less than seven and one-half years, which sentence shall not be suspended or deferred; "(3) For a third or subsequent offense, or if the offender shall previously have been convicted two or more times in the aggregate of any violation of the law of the United States or of any other state, territory or district relating to the use or possession of a firearm while committing or attempting to commit a crime, the offender shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned for not less than fifteen years, which senten”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The legislature is the appropriate institution to define conduct as criminal. . . . Cumulative punishment is allowed in our state whenever offenses differ according to their distinct elements, that is, whenever each has a distinct element not included in the other.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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