State v. Spencer

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the court’s conclusion that the defendant’s conduct warranted alarm was supported by the actual alarm induced in several witnesses
• carrying a loaded semiautomatic AK-47 down the street in a threatening and aggressive manner
• “[O]ur conclusion that [the defendant’s] conduct warranted alarm is supported by the kinds of people who were alarmed in this case, including several firefighters, a police officer, and a passing motorist.”
• “People have a strong interest in being able to use public areas without fearing for their lives” and a statute prohibiting carrying a weapon in a manner that warrants alarm “protects this interest by requiring people who carry weapons to do so in a manner that will not warrant alarm.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• City of Seattle v. Montana
  Washington Supreme Court· 1996-08-01· cited 85×
• State v. Schelin
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-10-17· cited 82×
• State v. Jorgenson
  Washington Supreme Court· 2013-11-21· cited 46×
• City of Tucson v. Rineer
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1998-08-27· cited 23×
• State v. Krzeszowski
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2001-06-11· cited 23×
• State v. Lee
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1996-06-03· cited 19×
• City of Seattle v. Evans
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2014-06-30· cited 7×
• United States v. Marc Willy
  Ninth Circuit· 2022-07-26· cited 7×
• City of Olympia v. Drebick
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2004-01-22· cited 6×
• State v. Ibrahim
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2011-10-27· cited 6×
• City of Olympia v. Drebick
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2004-02-18· cited 5×
• David Zaitzeff v. City Of Seattle
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2021-04-05· cited 1×
• City Of Seattle v. Wayne Evans
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2014-06-30

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Gunwall
  Washington Supreme Court· 1986-06-12· cited 1,052×
• State v. Rupe
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-06-07· cited 299×
• City of Seattle v. Eze
  Washington Supreme Court· 1988-07-14· cited 234×
• State v. Foster
  Washington Supreme Court· 1979-01-05· cited 186×
• State v. Smith
  Washington Supreme Court· 1980-04-24· cited 175×
• City of Seattle v. Huff
  Washington Supreme Court· 1989-02-02· cited 155×
• State v. MacIolek
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-02-16· cited 115×
• State v. Dixon
  Washington Supreme Court· 1971-01-14· cited 99×
• City of Bellevue v. Miller
  Washington Supreme Court· 1975-06-12· cited 90×
• City of Seattle v. Webster
  Washington Supreme Court· 1990-12-06· cited 87×
• State v. Rhodes
  Washington Supreme Court· 1979-10-11· cited 72×
• State v. Martinez
  Washington Supreme Court· 1975-07-24· cited 30×
• Second Amendment Foundation v. City of Renton
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1983-08-22· cited 30×
• Homes Unlimited, Inc. v. City of Seattle
  Washington Supreme Court· 1978-06-08· cited 22×
• State v. Luther
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1992-04-30· cited 17×