State v. Rainford

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “technical violations” of prison’s internal policies did not violate due process
• \[A]n inmate's expectation of privacy is necessarily lowered while in custody.\
• “RCW 9.94.041 [possession of controlled substances by prisoners] is an unranked felony under the Sentencing Reform Act of 1981[, chapter 9.94A RCW,] and is not subject to enhancement for possession within a correctional facility under [RCW 9.94A.533(5)(c)].”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Foster
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-06-11· cited 113×
• State v. Modica
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-12-26· cited 43×
• DeLong v. Parmelee
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2010-07-29· cited 27×
• State v. Soto
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-08-22· cited 12×
• McNabb v. Department of Corrections
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2005-06-02· cited 4×
• State v. McKague
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2008-03-18· cited 3×
• State v. McKague
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-03-18
• State v. Dane
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-12-19
• State of Washington v. Pablo Adiel Munoz-Hernandez
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2025-08-12

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Wolff v. McDonnell
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-26· cited 12,327×
• Bell v. Wolfish
  Supreme Court· 1979-05-14· cited 11,438×
• State v. Gunwall
  Washington Supreme Court· 1986-06-12· cited 1,052×
• State v. Campbell
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-12-28· cited 303×
• State v. Boland
  Washington Supreme Court· 1990-11-15· cited 249×
• State v. Hartzog
  Washington Supreme Court· 1981-10-29· cited 177×
• State v. Chrisman
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-01-26· cited 165×
• State v. Smith
  Washington Supreme Court· 1974-10-31· cited 146×
• City of Seattle v. Mesiani
  Washington Supreme Court· 1988-05-12· cited 144×
• State v. Wethered
  Washington Supreme Court· 1988-05-12· cited 138×
• State v. Shriner
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-05-17· cited 71×
• State v. Williams
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1991-09-09· cited 33×
• State v. Hupe
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1988-01-08· cited 33×
• State v. Chapman
  Washington Supreme Court· 1974-09-12· cited 29×
• United States v. William Eldridge Caldwell
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-12-26· cited 25×
• House v. Erwin
  Washington Supreme Court· 1974-06-20· cited 25×
• State v. Rainford
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-05-16· cited 18×
• State v. Baker
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1981-02-10· cited 16×
• State v. Patterson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1988-04-21· cited 15×
• State v. Jendrey
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1986-12-29· cited 8×