40 Wash. App. 215 - State v. Boot’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wardius v. Oregon · 11 Cal. 3d 617 - Evans v. Superior Court · 97 Wash. 2d 385 - Tommy P. v. Board of County Commissioners · 101 Wash. 2d 355 - State v. Allen · 89 Wash. 2d 430 - State v. Hilliard
Most-quoted passages
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“it would be constitutional error to fail to define intent”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Until relief is granted in the personal restraint petition which is a collateral attack in a civil proceeding . . . the conviction, in light of the strong public policy in the finality of judgments, is considered final for all purposes. If the mere filing of a personal restraint petition rendered a conviction nonfinal for purposes of the habitual criminal statute, every defendant alleged to be a habitual criminal could simply file personal restraint petitions as to all prior convictions and thereby effectively prevent a habitual criminal finding. Such a result would render the habitual criminal statute a nullity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“requiring further definition. If it is not an element of the crime, Brown's argument that the issue of the trial court's failure to define knowledge may be raised for the first time on appeal is unfounded. However, even assuming for the purposes of argument that the term”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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