Legal Opinion

State v. Garcia

Washington Supreme Court

Decided February 13, 2014No. 88020-4PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWiggins, J.

¶1 Phillip Garcia Jr. challenges his convictions for kidnapping in the first degree, burglary in the second degree, and criminal trespass in the first degree. He argues that that there is insufficient evidence to support each of the alternative means of kidnapping presented to the jury, that the trial court violated his confrontation rights by limiting his cross-examination of an adverse witness, that the trial court erroneously admitted evidence of a prior crime of dishonesty, and that the prosecutor incorrectly defined “burglary” during closing arguments.

¶2 We reverse Garcia’s convictions…

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. State v. GuloyWashington Supreme Court · 1985
  2. State v. JacobsWashington Supreme Court · 2005
  3. State v. PowellWashington Supreme Court · 1995
  4. State v. TharpWashington Supreme Court · 1981
  5. State v. BourgeoisWashington Supreme Court · 1997

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. State v. RodriquezCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2015
  2. State v. YishmaelWashington Supreme Court · 2020
  3. State v. FullerWashington Supreme Court · 2016
  4. Department of Social & Health Services v. Saint-LouisCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2015
  5. State v. HarringtonCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2014

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