State v. Chenoweth

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining, “this [Davis] holding has not been overruled, and no statute requires corroboration in incest cases”
• allowing police officer to generically describe accusations of sexual abuse to explain the officer’s investigation
• testimony that victim reported the allegation was admissible to show what investigating officers did next and to provide a basis for their testimony
• victim’s out-of-court statements to witnesses were not offered for the truth of the allegations but rather to “explain how the allegations came to the attention of law enforcement”
• disclosure nearly a year after assault was not reasonably timely

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Associated Press v. Second Judicial District
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2023-04-24· cited 7×
• State Of Washington, V. Joel Duane Zwald
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2024-08-26· cited 7×
• State Of Washington, V. Johnny Roach
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2021-06-21· cited 4×
• State Of Washington v. Carlos Alberto Martinez
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2018-01-16
• State v. Chenoweth
  Washington Supreme Court· 2015-12-02
• State Of Washington, V. Joel Duane Zwald
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2024-08-05
• State v. Bennett
  Washington Supreme Court· 2026-01-15

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Engel
  Washington Supreme Court· 2009-07-09· cited 288×
• Whatcom County v. City of Bellingham
  Washington Supreme Court· 1996-02-01· cited 263×
• State v. Gonzalez
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-02-18· cited 153×
• State v. Goebel
  Washington Supreme Court· 1952-01-24· cited 128×
• State v. Ferguson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-07-28· cited 101×
• City of Seattle v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-10-22· cited 88×
• State v. Alexander
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1992-03-12· cited 80×
• State v. Galbreath
  Washington Supreme Court· 1966-11-03· cited 68×
• State v. Becklin
  Washington Supreme Court· 2008-05-01· cited 52×
• State v. Zimmerman
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2005-11-01· cited 48×
• State v. Johnson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2009-11-09· cited 48×
• State v. Edwards
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-02-14· cited 45×
• State v. Morden
  Washington Supreme Court· 1915-09-29· cited 43×
• State v. Iverson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2005-02-07· cited 41×
• State v. Lounsbery
  Washington Supreme Court· 1968-10-10· cited 34×
• State v. Sanders
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1992-08-10· cited 30×
• Miller v. Finegan
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1890-01-15· cited 30×
• State v. Waleczek
  Washington Supreme Court· 1978-10-26· cited 20×
• State v. Modest
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-10-07· cited 17×
• Williams v. Department of Licensing
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-03-07· cited 16×