Legal Opinion
State v. Cunningham
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided July 26, 1979No. 2218-3PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRoe, J.
On September 19, 1976, 3-year-óld David Weilbacher was found dead in the back bedroom of the Cunningham home in Yakima, Washington. Until his death, David lived with his mother Debbie Weilbacher, Leon Cunningham and his wife Velma, their daughter Carolyn Cunningham, and a family friend, Lorraine Ann Edwards. In April 1976, Leon, a self-ordained minister and head of the communal household, suspected that David was possessed by the devil. Relying on a biblical aphorism, "You may beat the child and he will not die," 1 the household frequently included a spanking ritual in its daily religious…
2Cases cited67 opinions
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Calder v. BullSupreme Court of the United States · 1798
- State v. WanrowWashington Supreme Court · 1977
- United States v. Phillip Onori and Theodore BukkyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by27 opinions
- State v. RileyWashington Supreme Court · 1993
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- State v. FreemanWashington Supreme Court · 2005
- People v. RuizCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
- State v. BrodniakMontana Supreme Court · 1986
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