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State v. Jones

Citations

  • 628 P.2d 472
  • 95 Wash. 2d 616
  • 1981 Wash. LEXIS 1051

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the police officer substantially complied with the Privacy Statutes where he did not begin the tape with a statement that the recording was being made
  • indicating that mere evidence of intoxication may be sufficient to support a trial court's decision to give a voluntary intoxication instruction
  • indicating that mere evidence of intoxication may be sufficient to support a trial court's decision to give a voluntary intoxication instruction
  • trial court's failure to give lesser included instruction on manslaughter prevented defendant from presenting his theory that killing was unintentional by reason of his intoxication
  • trial court's failure to give lesser included instruction on manslaughter prevented defendant from presenting his theory that killing was unintentional by reason of his intoxication
  • honest belief enough if reasonable; conduct to be evaluated in light of circumstances then known to defendant

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Judges: Williams

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