State v. Roberts

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that for purposes of RCW 9.94A.360(6) the term \served concurrently\ does not mean beginning and ending at the same time
• comparing the current and prior version of the same statute to define an ambiguous term
• comparing the current and prior version of the same statute to define an ambiguous term
• \The rule of lenity requires the court to adopt an interpretation most favorable to the criminal defendant.\
• “The rule of lenity requires the court to adopt an interpretation most favorable to the criminal defendant.”
• \' \[WJhere the Legislature uses certain statutory language in one instance, and different language in another, there is a difference in legislative intent.\' \

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Jacobs
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-07-07· cited 385×
• State v. Ward
  Washington Supreme Court· 1994-03-17· cited 303×
• State v. Kintz
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-08-26· cited 197×
• State v. Lewis
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-05-28· cited 167×
• In the Matter of Charles
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-05-28· cited 166×
• State v. Jackson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-04-15· cited 136×
• State v. Parker
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-05-22· cited 118×
• State v. Anderson
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-08-10· cited 116×
• State v. Villanueva-Gonzalez
  Washington Supreme Court· 2014-07-17· cited 103×
• State v. McCraw
  Washington Supreme Court· 1995-07-20· cited 102×
• State v. Brown
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-09-09· cited 102×
• State v. McGee
  Washington Supreme Court· 1993-12-09· cited 93×
• State v. Hutsell
  Washington Supreme Court· 1993-02-25· cited 92×
• State v. Mathers
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2016-05-10· cited 88×
• State v. Conover
  Washington Supreme Court· 2015-08-13· cited 75×
• Peninsula School District No. 401 v. Public School Employees
  Washington Supreme Court· 1996-10-03· cited 61×
• Hegwine v. Longview Fibre Co.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-04-25· cited 58×
• State v. Ague-Masters
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2007-04-17· cited 56×
• Matter of Personal Restraint of Sietz
  Washington Supreme Court· 1994-09-15· cited 56×
• Neah Bay Chamber of Commerce v. Department of Fisheries
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-07-23· cited 41×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In Re the Detention Swanson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1990-12-05· cited 151×
• Human Rights Commission v. Cheney School District No. 30
  Washington Supreme Court· 1982-02-25· cited 107×
• United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Department of Revenue
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-08-16· cited 105×
• State v. Hornaday
  Washington Supreme Court· 1986-01-16· cited 96×
• State v. Hartley
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1985-08-29· cited 42×
• State v. Henderson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1987-07-20· cited 27×
• State v. Chavez
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1988-12-01· cited 15×
• State v. Harper
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1988-02-08· cited 12×
• State v. Hartley
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1988-05-16· cited 8×
• State v. Johnson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1987-09-04· cited 5×
• State v. Roberts
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1990-07-03· cited 2×