State v. Lewis

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the application of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1981 (SRA), including its sentencing provisions, is a question of law that is reviewed de novo
• holding that former RCW 9.94A.310(3)(e) was ambiguous as to whether firearm sentencing enhancements ran consecutively to one another in addition to running consecutively to the sentences for the underlying crimes
• stating that \the rule only applies when a penal statute is ambiguous and legislative intent is insufficient to clarify the ambiguity\
• Under former RCW 9.94A.310(3)(e) and former RCW 9.94A.400(1)(a), firearm enhancements in nonexceptional sentences must run concurrently.
• “When construing a statute, we read it in its entirety and interpret the various provisions in light of one another.”
• Under former RCW 9.94A.310(3)(e) and former RCW 9.94A.400(1)(a), firearm enhancements in nonexceptional sentences must run concurrently.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Armendariz
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-04-19· cited 443×
• State v. Jacobs
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-07-07· cited 385×
• State v. Brown
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-09-19· cited 271×
• State v. Kintz
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-08-26· cited 197×
• State v. Keller
  Washington Supreme Court· 2001-03-22· cited 194×
• State v. Cronin
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-12-14· cited 186×
• State v. Evans
  Washington Supreme Court· 2013-04-11· cited 182×
• In the Matter of Charles
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-05-28· cited 166×
• State v. Gonzalez
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-02-18· cited 153×
• State v. Nitsch
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-04-24· cited 124×
• State v. Korum
  Washington Supreme Court· 2006-08-17· cited 120×
• State v. Brown
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-09-09· cited 102×
• State v. Jorden
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-11-03· cited 96×
• State v. Haddock
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-07-13· cited 83×
• State v. Conover
  Washington Supreme Court· 2015-08-13· cited 75×
• In re the Personal Restraint of Greening
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-09-21· cited 74×
• In re the Personal Restraint of Call
  Washington Supreme Court· 2001-07-26· cited 65×
• State v. DeSantiago
  Washington Supreme Court· 2003-05-15· cited 59×
• In re the Personal Restraint of Hopkins
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-05-06· cited 58×
• State v. Price
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-11-03· cited 57×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Moskal v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1990-12-03· cited 742×
• Reno v. Koray
  Supreme Court· 1995-06-05· cited 697×
• State v. Thorne
  Washington Supreme Court· 1996-08-08· cited 352×
• State v. Gore
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-04-26· cited 316×
• State v. Broadaway
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-08-21· cited 290×
• State v. Lively
  Washington Supreme Court· 1996-08-29· cited 166×
• Srcc v. Public Disclosure Com'n
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-09-25· cited 155×
• Nevers v. Fireside, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-12-04· cited 149×
• State v. Elgin
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-03-05· cited 123×
• State v. Batista
  Washington Supreme Court· 1991-04-18· cited 94×
• State v. McGee
  Washington Supreme Court· 1993-12-09· cited 93×
• State v. Roberts
  Washington Supreme Court· 1991-10-17· cited 89×
• State v. Ha'mim
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-07-24· cited 86×
• Senate Republican Campaign Committee v. Public Disclosure Commission
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-09-25· cited 62×
• Matter of Personal Restraint of Sietz
  Washington Supreme Court· 1994-09-15· cited 56×
• Matter of Personal Restraint of Vandervlugt
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-12-31· cited 54×
• State v. Carter
  Washington Supreme Court· 1977-11-03· cited 53×
• Matter of Personal Restraint of Long
  Washington Supreme Court· 1991-09-05· cited 23×
• State v. Lewis
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-06-13· cited 17×