State v. Goodman

(concurring) — I fully concur with the majority. I write separately to clarify the scope of our holding.

Adequate notice of the specific crime charged is an absolute requirement of law. U.S. Const. amend. VI; Wash. Const. art. I, § 22; see also State v. Vangerpen, 125 Wn.2d 782, 787, 888 P.2d 1177 (1995) (“a charging document is constitutionally adequate only if all essential elements of a *791crime, statutory and nonstatutory, are included in the document so as to apprise the accused of the charges against him”). I concur with the majority that the specific substance alleged must be specifically…