53 Wash. App. 322 - State v. Leach’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
September 2002
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Porter v. States · 63 Ill. 2d 23 - People v. Gilmore · United States v. Meacham · Williams v. State · 98 Wash. 2d 1 - State v. Bonds
Most-quoted passages
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“The constitutional principle is generally formulated in terms of due process, i.e., an accused's right to be informed with reasonable certainty of the nature of the charges in order to prepare a defense and to plead a judgment as a bar to any further prosecution for the same offense. . . . Given the harsh consequences of a violation, however, it is evident that the essential elements rule constitutes a category sui generis and rests on principles other than notice alone. Even in situations where the notice function has been satisfied, i.e., the defendant has actual notice of the elements of the charged crime and has not been prejudiced at trial by the defective charging document, the Holt rule mandates automatic dismissal.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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