State v. Ervin

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing legislative acquiescence in published Court of Appeals decision
• concerning RCW 9.94A.525(2)(c), a statute similar to RCW 9.94A.525(2)(b) but governing class C felonies
• stating if a result “is conceivable, the result is not absurd”
• \[T]he rule of lenity ... is applicable only after employing tools of statutory construction.\ (citation omitted)
• “It is true that we presume the legislature does not intend absurd results and, where possible, interpret ambiguous language to avoid such absurdity.”
• courts interpreting statutes look to legislative history and other guidelines of construction only to resolve ambiguous language

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

121 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Gresham
  Washington Supreme Court· 2012-01-05· cited 378×
• State v. Evans
  Washington Supreme Court· 2013-04-11· cited 182×
• Five Corners Family Farmers v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 2011-12-22· cited 107×
• State v. Garcia
  Washington Supreme Court· 2014-02-13· cited 104×
• Doe v. Washington State Patrol
  Washington Supreme Court· 2016-04-07· cited 94×
• State v. Sweany
  Washington Supreme Court· 2012-07-19· cited 93×
• State v. Larson
  Washington Supreme Court· 2015-12-24· cited 74×
• State v. Coley
  Washington Supreme Court· 2014-06-12· cited 59×
• State v. Roden
  Washington Supreme Court· 2014-02-27· cited 49×
• Department of Social & Health Services v. Saint-Louis
  Washington Supreme Court· 2016-07-14· cited 48×
• State v. Budik
  Washington Supreme Court· 2012-02-16· cited 43×
• State v. Lynch
  Washington Supreme Court· 2013-09-19· cited 40×
• Gray v. Suttell & Associates
  Washington Supreme Court· 2014-08-28· cited 35×
• Gorre v. City of Tacoma
  Washington Supreme Court· 2015-08-27· cited 33×
• State v. Gauthier
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2015-06-22· cited 32×
• Department of Social & Health Services v. Saint-Louis
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2015-07-13· cited 29×
• Francis v. Department of Corrections
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-11-19· cited 27×
• State v. Mehrabian
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-03-25· cited 25×
• State Of Washington, Appellant/cross-resp v. Cory Pratt, Resp./cross-appellant
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2019-12-17· cited 23×
• State Of Washington, V Quran D. A. Ingram
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2019-08-06· cited 22×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Department of Ecology v. Campbell & Gwinn, L.L.C.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-03-28· cited 1,615×
• State, Dept. of Ecology v. Campbell & Gwinn
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-03-28· cited 1,608×
• State v. Jacobs
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-07-07· cited 385×
• Christensen v. Ellsworth
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-12-06· cited 223×
• State v. Bobic
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-04-06· cited 154×
• In re the Detention of Williams
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-10-10· cited 145×
• In Re Detention of Williams
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-10-10· cited 144×
• Ravenscroft v. Washington Water Power Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-12-24· cited 108×
• State v. Vela
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-12-15· cited 70×
• City of Seattle v. Winebrenner
  Washington Supreme Court· 2009-10-29· cited 51×
• Rivard v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-05-06· cited 41×
• State v. Coria
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-06-27· cited 35×
• State v. Blair
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1990-04-16· cited 18×
• In re the Personal Restraint of Nichols
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2004-03-09· cited 17×
• State v. Hall
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1986-10-06· cited 9×
• State v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1992-06-01· cited 7×
• State v. Ervin
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2009-04-13· cited 2×