· 8/28/1975
State v. Gosby
Citations
- 539 P.2d 680
- 85 Wash. 2d 758
- 1975 Wash. LEXIS 927
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- rejecting the old principle that circumstantial evidence also needed to be strong enough to be “inconsistent with innocence”
- defendant convicted of negligent homicide ordered as condition of probation, to pay $7,500 as restitution to parents of victim; Wash.Rev. Code § 9.95.210 (1983
- rejecting the use of the so-called \multiple hypothesis\ instruction
- rejecting the use of the so-called \multiple hypothesis\ instruction
- rejecting rule that circumstantial evidence must be inconsistent with innocence
- rejecting the requirement of a multiple-hypothesis instruction
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Judges: Finley, Stafford, Rosellini, Hunter, Hamilton, Wright, Utter, Brachtenbach, Horowitz
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