Legal Opinion

State v. Canaday

Washington Supreme Court

Decided September 23, 1971No. 41370PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHale, J.

The separate and mysterious disappearances of Mary Bjornson and Lynne Tuski were not solved until after John Thomas, a young naval officer, arranged to drive his sister Eunice to their parents’ home for a weekend visit. Eunice failed to appear. Thomas, alarmed at her disappearance, made numerous inquiries, began a search, and reported her absence to the Seattle police. Finally, he found her to learn she had been forcibly detained for nearly 3 days by the defendant, John Dwight Canaday. In rushing to defendant Canaday’s house to rescue his sister, John Thomas set in motion an inquiry that…

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2Cases cited48 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  3. Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. KostkaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
  2. State v. LeachWisconsin Supreme Court · 1985
  3. William Leach A/K/A William Martin v. Darrell Kolb, Acting Superintendent, and Attorney General of the State of WisconsinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
  4. State v. CookCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1982
  5. State v. TerryCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1974

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