Legal Opinion
State v. Counts
Washington Supreme Court
Decided February 24, 1983No. 47687-0, 48239-0, 47932-1PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStafford, J.
In each of these consolidated cases, the petitioner asks this court to apply retroactively Payton v. New York, 445 U.S. 573, 63 L. Ed. 2d 639, 100 S. Ct. 1371 (1980). Payton held that in the absence of exigent circumstances, police may not make a warrantless, nonconsensual entry into a suspect's home to make a routine felony arrest. We deferred these cases pending resolution of the retroac-tivity issue by the Supreme Court in United States v. Johnson, 457 U.S. 537, 73 L. Ed. 2d 202, 102 S. Ct. 2579 (1982).
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In June of 1982, Johnson held Payton to be retroactive in all cases pending on direct…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by69 opinions
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