State v. Baker

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• distinguishing common scheme or plan and absence of mistake or accident bases for admission under ER 404(b)
• similarities in relationships, ages of victims, and manner of touching indicative of design rather than coincidence
• “Before admitting evidence of other wrongs under ER 404(b), a trial court must... identify the purpose for which the evidence is being introduced.”
• similarities in relationships, ages of victims, and manner of touching indicative of design rather than coincidence
• similarities in relationships, ages, scenarios, and touching supported admission of prior acts evidence to rebut defense of accident
• prior acts admitted to show common scheme or plan to sexually assault sleeping children

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Fisher
  Washington Supreme Court· 2009-03-12· cited 392×
• State v. Sexsmith
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2007-05-10· cited 43×
• State v. Griswold
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-01-13· cited 33×
• State v. Hernandez
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1999-10-25· cited 18×
• State v. Scherner
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2009-12-21· cited 13×
• State v. Hernandez
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1999-11-29· cited 12×
• State v. DeVincentis
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2002-06-10· cited 10×
• State v. Baker
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1998-01-12· cited 3×
• State v. Baker
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-11-03

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Ewoldt
  California Supreme Court· 1994-02-28· cited 1,001×
• State v. Benn
  Washington Supreme Court· 1993-02-11· cited 303×
• State v. Lough
  Washington Supreme Court· 1995-02-23· cited 287×
• State v. Smith
  Washington Supreme Court· 1986-10-02· cited 277×
• State v. Wermerskirchen
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1993-03-12· cited 77×
• State v. Carleton
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1996-07-22· cited 43×
• State v. Krause
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1996-07-22· cited 39×
• State v. Roth
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1994-09-26· cited 34×