State v. Alphonse

¶1 Edison Alphonse appeals his convictions for felony and misdemeanor telephone harassment. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, asserting that RCW 9.61.230 must be construed to require proof that he had the intent to harass, intimidate, torment, or embarrass when he initiated the call. He also contends that the terms “to embarrass,” “lewd,” “lascivious,” “indecent,” and “obscene” render the statute unconstitutionally overbroad on its face and vague as applied to his conduct and that, as applied, the statute violated his First Amendment right to lawfully petition a government…