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· 1/31/2000

State v. Soonalole

Citations

  • 992 P.2d 541
  • 99 Wash. App. 207

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “the fondling and thigh rubbing over the victim’s clothes” constituted a separate act of third-degree child molestation for double jeopardy purposes
  • determining that the legislature intended to protect sexual assault victims by “separately punishing each separate invasion of a protected area”
  • holding two separate acts of fondling that occurred in the same car ride constituted two separate “units of prosecution”
  • Counsel's performance was not deficient when counsel used alleged hearsay statements to undermine the victim's credibility

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Per Curiam

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