State v. Noltie

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[c]ase law, the juror bias statute, our Superior Court Criminal Rules and scholarly comment all emphasize that the trial court is in the best position to determine a juror’s ability to be fair and impartial”
• stating that “[c]ase law, the juror bias statute, our Superior Court Criminal Rules and scholarly comment all emphasize that the trial court is in the best position to determine a juror’s ability to be fair and impartial”
• “Nothing in the record indicates what information, beyond that provided to the defense, could have been furnished to give additional notice of the charges.”
• “Washington courts have repeatedly distinguished informations which are constitutionally deficient and those which are merely vague.”
• reviewing denial of a challenge for cause for manifest abuse of discretion, since the trial court is in the best position to observe the juror’s demeanor and responses
• two separate “to convict” instructions given for two counts of rape

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).