State v. Townsend

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a jury in a noncapital case may not be informed about the penalty for the charged crime
• holding that a jury in a noncapital case may not be informed about the penalty for the charged crime
• applying the rule to tort claims arising out of a 16 pest control contract
• \rehabilitation is a vital concern of the state; it is not a concern of the jury while it ponders the sole question of guilt or innocence\
• Townsend error can be harmless

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• In Re Davis
  Washington Supreme Court· 2004-11-04· cited 686×
• In re the Personal Restraint of Davis
  Washington Supreme Court· 2004-11-04· cited 682×
• State v. Magers
  Washington Supreme Court· 2008-07-24· cited 317×
• State v. Brown
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-09-19· cited 271×
• State v. Clark
  Washington Supreme Court· 2017-02-02· cited 156×
• State v. Mason
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-07-19· cited 136×
• State v. Rafay
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2012-06-18· cited 125×
• State v. Pierce
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2012-07-17· cited 122×
• State v. Hicks
  Washington Supreme Court· 2008-04-24· cited 75×
• State v. Harstad
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2009-08-24· cited 40×
• State v. Harstad
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2009-10-16· cited 38×
• State v. Pittman
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-06-19· cited 30×
• State v. Mason
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2005-04-18· cited 23×
• State Of Washington, Respondent/cr-appellant v. Jesse Randall Ackerman, Appellant/cr-respondent
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2019-12-02· cited 20×
• State v. Grier
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2009-06-02· cited 19×
• State v. Bunting
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2003-01-21· cited 17×
• State Of Washington v. Thanh Pham Nguyen
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2019-10-21· cited 16×
• State v. Pierce
  Washington Supreme Court· 2020-01-09· cited 16×
• State v. Mason
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2005-06-10· cited 12×
• State Of Washington v. Thomas Joseph Feely
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2016-02-22· cited 12×

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• State v. McFarland
  Washington Supreme Court· 1995-09-13· cited 2,396×
• State v. Thomas
  Washington Supreme Court· 1987-10-08· cited 629×
• Rogers v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-17· cited 585×
• State v. Gentry
  Washington Supreme Court· 1995-01-25· cited 498×
• State v. Lord
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-02-07· cited 447×
• Shannon v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-24· cited 365×
• Matter of Personal Restraint of Rice
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-05-07· cited 355×
• State v. Walden
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-03-13· cited 172×
• State v. Mott
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1997-01-16· cited 160×
• State v. Golladay
  Washington Supreme Court· 1970-05-28· cited 154×
• State v. McDonald
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-08-05· cited 119×
• State v. Todd
  Washington Supreme Court· 1970-09-17· cited 95×
• Olderbak v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1992-11-02· cited 90×
• Commonwealth v. Smallwood
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-03-03· cited 88×
• State v. Townsend
  Washington Supreme Court· 2001-01-04· cited 76×
• State v. Saunders
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1998-07-10· cited 63×
• State v. Bowman
  Washington Supreme Court· 1960-11-09· cited 56×
• State v. Ollens
  Washington Supreme Court· 1987-03-12· cited 54×
• People v. Hyde
  California Court of Appeal· 1985-04-01· cited 35×