State v. Silva

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that \defense counsel's decision to admit her client's guilt ... did not constitute an unauthorized guilty plea\
• holding that \defense counsel's decision to admit her client's guilt. . . did not constitute an unauthorized guilty plea\
• concluding that it is not an unauthorized guilty plea if, in closing argument, defense counsel acknowledges what the course of the trial has made undeniable - that on a particular count the evidence of guilt is overwhelming
• concluding that it is not an unauthorized guilty plea if, in closing argument, defense counsel acknowledges what the course of the trial has made undeniable — that on a particular count the evidence of guilt is overwhelming
• driver was involved in an accident within meaning of statute when a police officer was injured while jumping free of his moving vehicle after the officer reached in to turn off the ignition
• court must avoid “strained or absurd results” that defeat the purpose of a statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Nancy Arabillas Morales v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-01-03· cited 137×
• Commonwealth v. Cousin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-12-28· cited 47×
• State v. Hermann
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2007-05-15· cited 40×
• Sheldon v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2003-03-06· cited 39×
• State v. Turner
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2012-05-01· cited 22×
• State v. Snedden
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2002-06-04· cited 11×
• Armstrong v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2004-11-23· cited 8×
• Morawek v. City of Bonney Lake
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2014-11-13· cited 6×
• State v. Kwai
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 2023-08-09· cited 4×
• State v. Peeler
  Washington Supreme Court· 2015-05-07· cited 2×
• Stephens Stratton Sheldon v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2003-01-30
• Morales v. Gonzales
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-01-02
• Morales v. Gonzales
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-02-27

Cites

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

• Boykin v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-02· cited 12,640×
• Jones v. Barnes
  Supreme Court· 1983-07-05· cited 7,925×
• State v. Salinas
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-05-21· cited 1,796×
• United States v. Brent Paul Swanson
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-08-27· cited 328×
• Hurley E. Underwood v. Richard Clark and Attorney General of the State of Indiana
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-08-08· cited 193×
• Earl Wayne Wiley v. Dewey Sowders, Superintendent, Kentucky State Reformatory
  Sixth Circuit· 1981-04-24· cited 185×
• Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Marsh
  Supreme Court· 1981-11-30· cited 148×
• City of Tacoma v. Taxpayers of City of Tacoma
  Washington Supreme Court· 1987-08-27· cited 139×
• City of Seattle v. Fontanilla
  Washington Supreme Court· 1996-02-01· cited 134×
• Addleman v. Board of Prison Terms and Paroles
  Washington Supreme Court· 1986-12-31· cited 119×
• United States v. Kishor Joshi, Jitendra Panchal, Jagadish Panchal
  Eleventh Circuit· 1990-03-22· cited 97×
• United States v. Martha Tabares, United States v. Ramiro Ramirez
  First Circuit· 1991-11-14· cited 79×
• State v. Vela
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-12-15· cited 70×
• State v. Standifer
  Washington Supreme Court· 1988-02-18· cited 53×
• Wylie v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1990-08-10· cited 52×
• United States v. Gomes
  First Circuit· 1999-05-27· cited 51×
• Allan v. Department of Labor & Industries
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1992-05-06· cited 45×
• Service Employees International Union, Local 6 v. Superintendent of Public Instruction
  Washington Supreme Court· 1985-08-29· cited 43×
• State v. Stockton
  Washington Supreme Court· 1982-06-17· cited 43×
• State v. Ford
  Washington Supreme Court· 1995-03-16· cited 39×