Legal Opinion

State v. Kitchen

Washington Supreme Court

Decided July 6, 2004No. 53497-7, 53637-6, 53638-4PublishedCited by 337 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtUtter, J.

On March 4, 1987, this court consolidated three matters. Petition for review was granted in State v. Kitchen, 46 Wn. App. 232, 730 P.2d 103 (1986), certification was accepted in In the Matter of the Personal Restraint Petition of Samuel K. Childress, and State v. Albert Coburn was transferred from the Court of Appeals. The question posed in all three cases is the proper standard of review when an appellate court cannot be assured that all jurors agreed that one of several acts placed in evidence constituted the crime charged.

We previously invalidated a guilty verdict in a "multiple acts" case…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Rose v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. State v. GreenWashington Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Pope v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1987

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3Cited by337 opinions

  1. State v. CamarilloWashington Supreme Court · 1990
  2. State v. KirkmanWashington Supreme Court · 2007
  3. State v. KirkmanWashington Supreme Court · 2007
  4. In Re the Personal Restraint of CookWashington Supreme Court · 1990
  5. State v. FryOhio Supreme Court · 2010

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