Legal Opinion

State v. Smith

Washington Supreme Court

Decided January 7, 1977No. 43721PublishedCited by 96 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.

Appellant Harold Bernard Smith was convicted of first-degree murder in the Superior Court for Clark County. The Court of Appeals determined that only *129three issues raised on appeal warranted any detailed consideration and discussion: (1) whether the seizure of Smith's clothes without a warrant when he was a patient in a hospital security room, plus admitting the clothes into the trial evidence against him, violated state (Const, art. 1, § 7) and federal (U.S. Const, amend. 4) constitutional prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures; (2) whether the State established a prima facie…

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2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by96 opinions

  1. State v. O'NeillWashington Supreme Court · 2003
  2. State v. HouserWashington Supreme Court · 1980
  3. State v. WilliamsWashington Supreme Court · 1984
  4. State v. RingerWashington Supreme Court · 1983
  5. State v. ParkerWashington Supreme Court · 2001

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