Watlington v. Commissioner

How courts have described this case

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

• instructional error that relieved the State of its burden of proving an essential element was fatal
• second degree assault committed by means of attempted battery requires proof of actual intent to injure
• instructional error that relieved the State of its burden of proving an essential element was fatal
• effectively overruled on other grounds by State v. Brown, 147 Wn.2d 330, 340, 58 P.3d 889 (2002)
• “By omitting an element of the crime of assault, the trial court here committed an error of constitutional magnitude.”
• effectively overruled on other grounds by State v. Brown, 147 Wn.2d 330, 340, 58 P.3d 889 (2002)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).