Legal Opinion
State v. White
Washington Supreme Court
Decided February 18, 1982No. 47543-1PublishedCited by 325 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
A transient, Allen White, was arrested by a Grays Harbor County deputy sheriff for violating RCW 9A.76.020(1) and (2), which make it a misdemeanor to "obstruct a public servant" by failing, "without lawful excuse", to provide true information "lawfully required" of an individual by a "public servant". After his arrest, White was held overnight in jail and subsequently confessed to burglarizing a garage and stealing food and other items which he was carrying at the time of his arrest. The trial court declared sections 1 and 2 of RCW 9A.76.020 unconstitutionally vague, invalidated White's…
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