Washington Supreme Court· 4/26/1984

State v. Gore

Citations

681 P.2d 227
101 Wash. 2d 481
39 A.L.R. 4th 975
1984 Wash. LEXIS 1610

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holding that once our Supreme Court has decided an issue, the court’s holding is binding on all lower courts until our Supreme Court overturns it
noting that principle of lenity required that state provisions be interpreted to require constitutionally valid prior conviction
stating that “once [our Supreme Court] has decided an issue of state law, that interpretation is binding on all lower courts until it is overruled.”
stating that once our state Supreme Court “decide[s] an issue of state law, that interpretation is binding on all lower courts until it is overruled by [the Washington Supreme Court].”
stating that once the Washington Supreme Court “has decided an issue of state law, that interpretation is binding on all lower courts until it is overruled by [the state Supreme Court]”
applying rule of lenity to prohibited possessor statute that could “be interpreted in two alternative ways”

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Judges: Williams

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