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State v. Sargent

Citations

  • 698 P.2d 598
  • 40 Wash. App. 340
  • 1985 Wash. App. LEXIS 2341

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that the prosecutor’s statement, “I don’t believe Jerry Lee Brown,” was improper
  • holding the trial court had abused its discretion in admitting several photographs of a murder victim's body
  • holding the trial court had abused its discretion in admitting several photographs of a murder victim’s body
  • finding that evidence that the victim received two blows to the head with some interval between them provided sufficient evidence of premeditation
  • holding there was sufficient evidence to support a finding of premeditation where the victim was struck by two separate blows to the head with “some interval passing between them”
  • evidence the victim was struck by two blows, with some interval of time between the blows, while the victim was lying face down

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Judges: Ringold

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47 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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