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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 22 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from State v. Freeman.

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1 State v. Freeman Anchor
wash · 2005
green “under the merger doctrine, when the degree of one offense is raised by conduct separately criminalized by the legislature, we presume the legislature intended to punish both offenses through a greater sentence for the greater crime.” 10
2 State v. Frohs
washctapp · 1996
green “the person or property of the victim or others, which is separate and distinct from and not merely incidental to the crime of which it forms an element.” 6
3 State v. Freeman
wash · 2005
green “the legislature intended to punish both offenses through a greater sentence for the greater crime.” 6

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