Thompson v. Washington
| Thompson v. Washington | |
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| Decided October 17, 1977 | |
| Full case name | Thompson v. Washington |
| Citations | 434 U.S. 898 (more) 98 S. Ct. 290; 54 L. Ed. 2d 185; 1977 U.S. LEXIS 3607 |
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| Appeal from Sup. Ct. Wash. dismissed for want of substantial federal question. | |
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Thompson v. Washington, 434 U.S. 898 (1977), was a case dismissed by the Supreme Court of the United States for lack of federal question jurisdiction.[1]
Background[edit]
The case was on appeal from the Supreme Court of Washington, and it involved a second degree murder conviction based on the felony murder rule.[2]
Subsequent developments[edit]
Thompson v. Washington was cited in the later Washington case State v. Wanrow, 91 Wash.2d 301 (1978), as an endorsement of the constitutionality of the felony murder rule.[3]