State v. Kent

How courts have described this case

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

• failure to return to jail from work release or hospital visit constituted escape due to not being where one was supposed to be
• defendants had escaped although they never reported to work crew because “[t]o escape, one need not run or flee from custody;... one need only be where he or she is not supposed to be or fail to be where he or she is supposed to be”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Ammons
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-09-24· cited 74×
• State v. Law
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2002-01-17· cited 25×
• State v. Smeltzer
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-07-03· cited 12×
• State v. Johnson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1992-07-06· cited 5×
• State v. Guy
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-08-01· cited 2×
• State Of Washington, V. Christopher Lee Shelley
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2021-10-04· cited 1×
• State v. Bishop
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2009-03-31
• Personal Restraint Petition Of Lenwood Jeffrey Mccullum
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2024-12-17

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Danforth
  Washington Supreme Court· 1982-04-22· cited 94×
• State v. Peters
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1983-07-25· cited 21×
• State v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1981-07-06· cited 15×
• State v. Basford
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1989-12-12· cited 8×