Washington Supreme Court· 1/29/2004

State v. Thomas

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83 P.3d 970

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holding that the appellate court “must defer to the trier of fact on issues of conflicting testimony, credibility of witnesses, and the persuasiveness of the evidence”
finding a startling event occurred based on the circumstantial evidence of the declarant being described as “ visibly shaken” and scared
evaluating whether State opened the door to cross-examination on a prior suspect's possible motives to murder the victim
“[T]his court will not review issues for which inadequate argument has been briefed or only passing treatment has been made.”
credibility determinations are for the trier of fact and are not subject to review on appeal
an appellate court will not review issues for which inadequate argument has been briefed or only passing treatment has been made

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