Legal Opinion

In Re Davis

Washington Supreme Court

Decided November 4, 2004No. 70834-7PublishedCited by 344 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

101 P.3d 1 (2004)

In re Personal Restraint Petition of Cecil Emile DAVIS, Petitioner.

No. 70834-7.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Considered May 6, 2004.

Decided November 4, 2004.

Gilbert Levy and Catherine Chaney, Seattle, for Petitioner

Gerald Horne, Pierce County Prosecutor, John Hillman, Deputy, Tacoma, for Respondent.

IRELAND, J.

This is a personal restraint petition filed by Cecil Emile Davis, a prisoner under sentence of death. On February 6, 1998, a jury in the Pierce County Superior Court convicted him of premeditated murder in the first degree for the death of Ms. Yoshiko Couch, an…

2Cases cited164 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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3Cited by344 opinions

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  4. In re the Personal Restraint of CraceWashington Supreme Court · 2012
  5. Evans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2006

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