State v. Louis

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming robbery and kidnapping convictions of Louis, who robbed jewelry store owners at gunpoint and left them bound inside the store’s bathroom
• reaffirming the holdings of Vladovic and Fletcher that kidnapping and robbery never merge
• reaffirming the holdings of Vladovic and Fletcher that lddnapping and robbery never merge
• the merger doctrine did not apply to convictions for simultaneous kidnapping and robbery because proof of kidnapping was not necessary in order to prove robbery
• the merger doctrine did not apply to convictions for simultaneous kidnapping and robbery because proof of kidnapping was not necessary in order to prove robbery
• implicitly authorizing two kidnapping convictions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Berg
  Washington Supreme Court· 2014-11-13· cited 75×
• State v. Rattana Keo Phuong
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-04-22· cited 75×
• State v. Kahapea
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2006-08-09· cited 59×
• In Re Borrero
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-09-13· cited 53×
• In re the Personal Restraint of Borrero
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-09-13· cited 53×
• State v. Muhammad
  Washington Supreme Court· 2019-11-07· cited 52×
• Aguilar v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2006-07-26· cited 45×
• In Re Personal Restraint of VanDelft
  Washington Supreme Court· 2006-11-30· cited 45×
• In re the Personal Restraint of VanDelft
  Washington Supreme Court· 2006-11-30· cited 42×
• State v. Butler
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2012-01-05· cited 42×
• State v. Leming
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-07-11· cited 26×
• State v. Barbee
  Washington Supreme Court· 2017-01-05· cited 25×
• State v. Moreno
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-05-01· cited 22×
• State v. Leming
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-07-25· cited 21×
• State v. Grant
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2012-12-24· cited 13×
• State of Washington v. Johnathon James Hancock
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2021-04-08· cited 5×
• State v. Kuhlman
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-10-17· cited 4×
• State of Washington v. Bisir Bilal Muhammad
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2018-06-07· cited 3×
• State v. Milam
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2010-04-05· cited 2×
• State Of Washington v. Rattana Phuong
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-04-22

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Apprendi v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-26· cited 28,372×
• United States v. Booker
  Supreme Court· 2004-10-01· cited 23,210×
• Blakely v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-24· cited 13,994×
• Blockburger v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1931-12-11· cited 10,676×
• Whalen v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1980-04-16· cited 1,789×
• In re the Personal Restraint of Orange
  Washington Supreme Court· 2004-11-10· cited 360×
• State v. Calle
  Washington Supreme Court· 1995-01-26· cited 348×
• State v. Vladovic
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-04-28· cited 258×
• State v. Gocken
  Washington Supreme Court· 1995-06-22· cited 214×
• State v. Cubias
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-10-06· cited 75×
• In Re the Personal Restraint of Fletcher
  Washington Supreme Court· 1989-07-13· cited 53×
• State v. Louis
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2004-01-20· cited 3×