Legal Opinion
State v. Holsworth
Washington Supreme Court
Decided February 14, 1980No. 45976, 45869, 45999, 46000, 46046, 46258, 46309PublishedCited by 155 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHorowitz, J.
These cases concern the claimed right of a criminal defendant to challenge the use in a habitual criminal proceeding of certain prior convictions entered before the decision of Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 23 L. Ed. 2d 274, 89 S. Ct. 1709 (1969). The convictions allegedly violate the standards for valid guilty pleas set forth in that case.
Seven cases are consolidated for this appeal. Three of the cases have been decided by the Court of Appeals. In two unpublished decisions the Court of Appeals, Division One, upheld the trial court's consideration in habitual criminal proceedings of…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by155 opinions
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- State v. ManussierWashington Supreme Court · 1996
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