State v. Smyth

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• letter sent from jail to wife not privileged; defendant admitted that he knew all outgoing mail from jail was read before it was sent out
• letter sent from jail to wife not privileged; defendant admitted that he knew all outgoing mail from jail was read before it was sent out
• Since defendant knew all outgoing mail from the jail was read before being sent out, his letter was not intended to be, nor could it be, a confidential communication.

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Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. May
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-04-04· cited 69×
• State v. Hawkins
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2010-09-09· cited 20×
• State v. Pisauro
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1975-08-20· cited 8×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Spinelli v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1969-01-27· cited 6,223×
• United States v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-28· cited 1,806×
• State v. Davis
  Washington Supreme Court· 1968-03-06· cited 162×
• State v. Walcott
  Washington Supreme Court· 1967-12-28· cited 72×
• City of Tacoma v. Mundell
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1972-04-05· cited 25×
• State v. Hatch
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1971-04-12· cited 18×
• State v. Malbeck
  Washington Supreme Court· 1966-11-03· cited 16×
• State v. Beck
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1971-02-19· cited 10×
• State v. Heyes
  Washington Supreme Court· 1954-04-15· cited 7×
• Peterson v. Gilmore
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1971-05-27· cited 3×