Legal Opinion

State v. Locke

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided August 6, 2013No. 42035-0-IIPublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBjorgen, J.

¶1 Robert Locke appeals his conviction and sentence for one count of making threats against the governor or her family. He argues that (1) sufficient evidence does not support that he made a “true threat,” as defined under United States Constitution First Amendment case law, or a “threat” as defined by the jury instructions; (2) the trial court erred in not including the true threat concept in the “to convict” jury instruction, and the information does not contain all essential elements because it fails to refer to a “true threat”; (3) the trial court erred in not providing the jury with a…

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2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
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  3. Virginia v. BlackSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  4. Watts v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. State v. ThomasWashington Supreme Court · 2004

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3Cited by18 opinions

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