Opinion

State v. Kintz

  • 169 Wash. 2d 537
Court
Washington Supreme Court
Filed
Aug 26, 2010
Status
Published
Author
Chambers
On the bench
Alexander, Chambers, Fairhurst, Johnson, Madsen, Owens, Sanders, Stephens
Cited by
187 cases

noting that Washington’s stalking statute requires person to “intentionally and repeatedly harass[]” or “repeatedly follow[]” another and defines “‘repeatedly’” to mean “‘two or more separate occasions’”

How later courts described this case

  • noting that Washington’s stalking statute requires person to “intentionally and repeatedly harass[]” or “repeatedly follow[]” another and defines “‘repeatedly’” to mean “‘two or more separate occasions’”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Chambers, J.

¶75 (concurrence in dissent) — I agree with Justice Sanders that RCW 9A.46.110 is subject to more than one reasonable interpretation and that the rule of lenity requires that we find for the defendant. Therefore, I would reverse.

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