State v. Jones

How courts have described this case

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

• focusing on vulnerability of victim, whether defendant knew or should have known of vulnerability, and whether vulnerability was a substantial factor
• focusing on vulnerability of victim, whether defendant knew or should have known of vulnerability, and whether vulnerability was a substantial factor
• affirming expert opinion where it was not based on an opinion of a witness' credibility but instead based on inferences from physical evidence
• in manslaughter case, an expert's opinion based on physical evidence that injuries not accidental did not constitute inadmissible opinion on guilt
• “Although the [experts’] conclusions touch on the ultimate issue, that in itself does not make the testimony inadmissible”
• “[U]nder the facts and circumstances presented, the doctors were better qualified than jurors to adjudge the cause of death and whether the fatal blow was accidental or inflicted.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• City of Seattle v. Heatley
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1993-07-12· cited 190×
• State v. Ross
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1994-10-28· cited 84×
• State v. Farr-Lenzini
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1999-01-08· cited 76×
• Sippio v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-08-05· cited 51×
• State v. Cardenas
  Washington Supreme Court· 1996-04-11· cited 49×
• State v. Bedker
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1994-05-02· cited 37×
• State v. Hudson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2009-06-02· cited 36×
• State v. Sanders
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1992-07-13· cited 34×
• State v. Garibay
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1992-11-24· cited 32×
• State v. Guilliot
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2001-05-18· cited 30×
• State v. Vermillion
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1992-07-07· cited 27×
• State v. Kelley
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-02-17· cited 24×
• State v. Cruz
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1995-05-15· cited 15×
• State v. Fisher
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1994-07-21· cited 8×
• Gentry v. Sinclair
  W.D. Washington· 2008-09-15· cited 8×
• Mancini v. City Of Tacoma
  Washington Supreme Court· 2021-01-28· cited 8×
• State v. Chadderton
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1991-04-22