Legal Opinion

State v. Wright

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided January 30, 2006No. 55745-9-IPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

127 P.3d 742 (2006)

STATE of Washington, Respondent,

v.

Oliver WRIGHT, Appellant.

No. 55745-9-I.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

January 30, 2006.

Andrea Vitalich, King County Prosector's Office, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Jason Saunders, Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

BECKER, J.

¶ 1 The State seeks to retry, on the charge of second degree intentional murder, a defendant whose felony murder conviction was vacated under In Re Andress[1] because it was for a then nonexistent crime. The charge of intentional murder was left undecided in the first trial because…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Green v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. Oregon v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. United States v. ScottSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. State v. WrightWashington Supreme Court · 2009
  2. State v. WrightWashington Supreme Court · 2009
  3. United States v. WittigCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2009
  4. State v. KirwinCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2012
  5. State v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2008

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