State v. Davis

How courts have described this case

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

• `It cannot be said that a defendant had a fair trial... if the jury might assume that an essential element need not be proven.'
• due process requires jury to be instructed as to each element of robbery because legal definition of robbery is not a matter of common understanding
• due process requires jury to be instructed as to each element of robbery because legal definition of robbery is not a matter of common understanding
• “It cannot be said that a defendant had a fair trial... if the jury might assume that an essential element need not be proven.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Guloy
  Washington Supreme Court· 1985-09-05· cited 721×
• State v. Scott
  Washington Supreme Court· 1988-06-09· cited 576×
• State v. Ng
  Washington Supreme Court· 1988-02-18· cited 225×
• State v. Bergeron
  Washington Supreme Court· 1985-12-12· cited 220×
• In re the Personal Restraint of Lavery
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-05-05· cited 168×
• In Re Personal Restraint of Lavery
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-05-05· cited 165×
• State v. Riker
  Washington Supreme Court· 1994-03-03· cited 161×
• State v. Johnson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-12-15· cited 155×
• State v. Handran
  Washington Supreme Court· 1989-07-25· cited 134×
• State v. Smith
  Washington Supreme Court· 1985-10-03· cited 122×
• State v. Allen
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-03-15· cited 80×
• State v. Bailey
  Washington Supreme Court· 1990-03-22· cited 45×
• State v. Olmedo
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2002-07-18· cited 38×
• State v. Thompson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1987-03-02· cited 31×
• State v. O'DONNELL
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2007-12-27· cited 25×
• State v. Stewart
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1983-08-15· cited 20×
• State v. Lucero
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 20×
• State v. Bledsoe
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1983-01-17· cited 13×
• City of Seattle v. Norby
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-10-20· cited 13×
• State v. Tyler
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1987-05-13· cited 13×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Chapman v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
• Boykin v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-02· cited 12,640×
• In Re WINSHIP
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
• State v. Holsworth
  Washington Supreme Court· 1980-02-14· cited 169×
• State v. Roberts
  Washington Supreme Court· 1977-02-24· cited 160×
• Wood v. Morris
  Washington Supreme Court· 1976-09-23· cited 146×
• State v. McHenry
  Washington Supreme Court· 1977-09-08· cited 78×
• State v. Scott
  Washington Supreme Court· 1980-08-12· cited 55×
• State v. Hanton
  Washington Supreme Court· 1980-08-07· cited 47×
• City of Seattle v. Green
  Washington Supreme Court· 1958-03-13· cited 43×
• State v. Pawling
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1979-04-30· cited 33×
• State v. Bromley
  Washington Supreme Court· 1967-10-05· cited 30×
• State v. Vargas
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1980-04-10· cited 29×
• Miesbauer v. Rhay
  Washington Supreme Court· 1971-08-12· cited 18×
• State v. Vanderveer
  Washington Supreme Court· 1921-03-30· cited 10×