Legal Opinion

State v. Watson

Washington Supreme Court

Decided April 5, 2007No. 78052-8PublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*4¶1 Eric Albert Watson seeks reversal of his conviction for failure to register as a sex offender. Watson claims that the sex offender registration statute, RCW 9A.44.130, is unconstitutionally vague because it is unclear whether an offender must reregister upon release from incarceration, when incarceration was due to probation violations and the offender returned to the same address at which he or she had previously registered. We reject this argument because the statute, when combined with existing case law available to citizens, is sufficiently clear to provide the notice required under…

2Cases cited48 opinions

  1. Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  2. Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. United States v. LanierSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  4. United States v. HarrissSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  5. Papachristou v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by62 opinions

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