Legal Opinion

State v. Smith

Washington Supreme Court

Decided April 19, 1940No. 27821PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJeffers, J.

Defendant, Russell' Smith, was, by an information filed July 27, 1939, by the prosecuting attorney for King county, charged with the crime of rape in that

“. . . he, said Russell Smith, in the county of King, state of Washington, on the 23rd day of July, A. D. 1939, wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously did then and there perpetrate an act of sexual intercourse with [complaining witness] then and there a female person over the age of ten years, not the wife of said Russell Smith, against her will and without her consent, the resistance of said [complaining witness] thereto being forcibly…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. State v. GayWashington Supreme Court · 1914
  2. People v. BakerMichigan Supreme Court · 1930
  3. State v. HunterWashington Supreme Court · 1898
  4. State v. GriffinWashington Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Wright v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1937

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. State v. AllenWashington Supreme Court · 1967
  2. Sanchez v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1977
  3. People v. LangworthyMichigan Supreme Court · 1982
  4. State v. BallesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1966
  5. State v. GeerCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1975

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