Legal Opinion
State v. Dyson
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided May 16, 1994No. 29319-2-IPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pekelis, A.C.J.
Richard Dyson (Dyson) appeals his conviction for one count of telephone harassment pursuant to RCW 9.61.230, arguing that: (1) RCW 9.61.230(1) and (2) are unconstitutionally overbroad; (2) RCW 9.61.230(2) is unconstitutionally vague; (3) the evidence was insufficient to support each of the alternate means of proving telephone harassment; and (4) he was denied his constitutional right to a unanimous jury verdict. We affirm.
The facts leading up to Dyson’s conviction began in 1980 when Dyson met Beverly Larson (Larson) with whom he became involved in a romantic relationship that…
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