State v. Thomas

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining legal distinctions between affirmative defenses of diminished capacity and voluntary intoxication
• \Expert testimony is helpful if it concerns matters beyond the common knowledge of the average layperson.\(citing State v. Farr-Lenzini, 93 Wn. App. 453, 461,970P.2d313 (1999))
• jurors can draw reasonable inferences from testimony about alcohol use
• “Assault in the first degree includes specific intent as an element.”
• trial court properly excluded expert testimony that defendant had experienced an alcoholic blackout leaving her with no recollection of an assault because the blackout is not evidence that she could not form the intent to commit assault in the first degree

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Arndt
  Washington Supreme Court· 2019-12-05· cited 198×
• State v. Aguirre
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-03-04· cited 117×
• State Of Washington v. Darrell D. Classen
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2018-07-24· cited 101×
• State v. Groth
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2011-09-12· cited 56×
• State v. Lewis
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2007-08-28· cited 40×
• State v. Ginn
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2005-08-09· cited 38×
• Melvin Amaya v. Merrick Garland
  Ninth Circuit· 2021-10-07· cited 33×
• State v. Walters
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2011-05-24· cited 31×
• State Of Washington, V. Ronald Markovich
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2021-08-02· cited 30×
• State v. Webb
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2011-06-07· cited 27×
• State Of Washington v. Daren M. Morales
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2016-09-26· cited 25×
• State v. Otis
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2009-08-11· cited 22×
• Wiggins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2014-05-02· cited 20×
• State of Washington v. Joseph Andrew Richmond
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2018-05-01· cited 15×
• State v. Mullins
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2005-07-26· cited 14×
• State Of Washington v. Zachary Damien Craven
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2020-11-16· cited 14×
• In re the Personal Restraint of Morris
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2015-07-13· cited 13×
• State v. Young
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2010-11-30· cited 10×
• Carlton v. Vancouver Care, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2010-03-16· cited 10×
• In re the Detention of Pettis
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2015-06-04· cited 10×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Atsbeha
  Washington Supreme Court· 2001-02-01· cited 174×
• State v. Rehak
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1992-08-20· cited 111×
• State v. Tilton
  Washington Supreme Court· 2003-07-10· cited 111×
• State v. Coates
  Washington Supreme Court· 1987-04-02· cited 99×
• State v. Warden
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-11-20· cited 83×
• State v. Virginia Warden
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-11-20· cited 83×
• State v. Farr-Lenzini
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1999-01-08· cited 76×
• State v. Griffin
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-10-13· cited 68×
• State v. Gabryschak
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1996-08-26· cited 61×
• State v. Ferrick
  Washington Supreme Court· 1973-02-22· cited 57×
• State v. Gallegos
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1992-04-20· cited 51×
• State v. Smissaert
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1985-09-23· cited 38×
• State v. Kruger
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2003-05-01· cited 34×
• State v. Guilliot
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2001-05-18· cited 30×
• State v. Mitchell
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-02-14· cited 14×
• State v. Greene
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1998-08-17· cited 13×
• State v. Mitchell
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-04-17· cited 10×