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State v. Stenson

Citations

  • 132 Wash. 2d 668

How courts have described this case

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

  • “A defendant does not have an absolute, Sixth Amendment right to choose any particular advocate.”
  • defendant signed a written consent to search that contained \a clear statement that the Defendant had `the lawful right to refuse to consent to such a search.'\
  • prosecutor has wide latitude in closing argument to draw and express reasonable inferences from the evidence
  • we review a trial court’s evidentiary decisions for abuse of discretion
  • “Evidence of a defendant’s motive is relevant in a homicide prosecution.”
  • generally, evidentiary errors do not constitute constitutional error

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Judges: Guy, Sanders

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