State v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• questioned term is not looked at in a vacuum; statute construed in context in order to determine meaning of its wording
• questionable term not looked at in vacuum; rather, statute is construed in context to determine word’s meaning
• harassment proscribes only threats of bodily injury and physical confinement or restraint

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Smith
  Washington Supreme Court· 1988-07-14· cited 78×
• State v. Talley
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-03-07· cited 73×
• Armstrong v. State
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1998-07-10· cited 19×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Connally v. General Construction Co.
  Supreme Court· 1926-01-04· cited 3,272×
• State v. MacIolek
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-02-16· cited 115×
• City of Bellevue v. Miller
  Washington Supreme Court· 1975-06-12· cited 90×
• City of Seattle v. Rice
  Washington Supreme Court· 1980-06-19· cited 55×
• State v. Carter
  Washington Supreme Court· 1977-11-03· cited 53×
• State v. Richmond
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-07-05· cited 42×
• City of Everett v. Moore
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1984-06-18· cited 38×
• State v. Hilt
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-04-28· cited 29×