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State v. Roberts

Citations

  • 142 Wash. 2d 471
  • 14 P.3d 713

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that, “because Roberts has not demonstrated that jurors who should have been removed for cause actually sat on the panel, his rights were not violated”
  • holding that there was no confrontation clause concern and applying these reliability factors to a statement against interest
  • recognizing that the “Washington State Constitution’s cruel punishment clause often provides greater protection than the Eighth 20 For the current opinion, go to https://www.lexisnexis.com/clients/wareports/. No. 98824-2 Amendment”
  • stating that conclusions based on nonnovel methods of scientific proof are not susceptible to exclusion under Frye
  • finding that the legislative history of the accomplice liability statute requires the mens rea of knowledge of the particular crime
  • concluding, on facts similar to those before us, that a trial judge has discretion, under the rule of completeness, to require admission of the entire statement

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Judges: Ireland, Johnson

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