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· 11/10/1982

State v. Robtoy

Citations

  • 653 P.2d 284
  • 98 Wash. 2d 30
  • 1982 Wash. LEXIS 1627

How courts have described this case

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

  • referring to Martin as case where this court \found the right to plead guilty in CrR 4.2(a)\
  • holding a suspect’s equivocal request for an attorney for bids further questioning
  • holding a suspect’s equivocal request for an attorney forbids further questioning
  • erroneous admission of a prior homicide in a murder prosecution to show premeditation held harmless
  • “Otherwise, the mere mention by the suspect of the word ‘attorney’ takes on talismanic significance.”
  • “The law is well settled in the area of collateral crimes evidence that the other crime must be connected to the defendant, and proof must be by a preponderance of the evidence.”

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Judges: Williams

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