State v. Butler

How courts have described this case

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

• “Beyond the defendant’s power of knowledge and intelligence, the duty to protect the defendant lies first and foremost with his attorney.”
• legal advice “within the range of competence required of attorneys representing defendants in criminal cases” does not render plea involuntary

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re the Personal Restraint of Yung-Cheng Tsai
  Washington Supreme Court· 2015-05-07· cited 83×
• State v. Perez
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1982-11-23· cited 64×
• State v. Frederick
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-12-08· cited 31×
• In Re the Adoption of Baby Girl K.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1980-07-21· cited 24×
• Chadwick v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1982-11-30· cited 12×
• State v. Haer
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1978-06-02· cited 4×
• In re Pers. Restraint of Garcia-Mendoza
  Washington Supreme Court· 2021-01-28· cited 4×
• In Re Pers. Restraint of Yung-Cheng Tsai
  Washington Supreme Court· 2015-05-07