State v. Roche

How courts have described this case

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

• involving intentional chemist misconduct consisting of pilfering, purifying, and self-medicating with heroin samples, including use while on the job, as well as suspected dry labbing
• vacating the defendants’ convictions because a state chemist engaged in “evidence tampering and official misconduct”
• remanding for a new trial “if the State should elect to retry”
• granting a new trial where new evidence of malfeasance by the crime lab technician \totally devastated\ the credibility of the technician's testimony regarding his testing of the alleged controlled substance and proper preservation of the chain of custody of the evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Coty, Leroy Edward
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2014-01-15· cited 261×
• In Re Woods
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-06-16· cited 108×
• In re the Personal Restraint of Woods
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-06-16· cited 105×
• State v. Sublett
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2010-05-18· cited 72×
• State v. Colquitt
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-06-29· cited 59×
• State v. Larson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2011-03-15· cited 18×
• In Re Delmarter
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2004-11-15· cited 14×
• In re the Personal Restraint of Delmarter
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2004-11-15· cited 13×
• State of Minnesota v. Richard Ellis Hill
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2015-12-09· cited 11×
• Personal Restraint Petition Of Heidi Charlene Fero
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2016-01-05· cited 8×
• In re the Personal Restraint of Sherwood
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2003-09-08· cited 6×
• In Re Sherwood
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2003-09-08· cited 5×
• In re the Detention of Lewis
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-09-14· cited 3×
• State v. Lynn
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2010-05-18

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Hill v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1962-02-26· cited 2,416×
• In Re the Personal Restraint of Cook
  Washington Supreme Court· 1990-06-07· cited 460×
• State v. Swan
  Washington Supreme Court· 1990-06-22· cited 447×
• Matter of Personal Restraint of Rice
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-05-07· cited 355×
• State v. Campbell
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-12-28· cited 303×
• United States v. Martin Cardenas, A/K/A Raul Ramirez
  Tenth Circuit· 1989-03-17· cited 203×
• Matter of Personal Restraint of Cashaw
  Washington Supreme Court· 1994-01-27· cited 169×
• In re the Personal Restraint of Pirtle
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-10-01· cited 168×
• Moreman v. Butcher
  Washington Supreme Court· 1995-03-30· cited 121×
• State v. Roche
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2002-11-25· cited 47×
• State v. Savaria
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1996-07-29· cited 16×
• State v. Roche
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2001-12-17· cited 2×