3 Wash. App. 336 - State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 73 Wash. 2d 616 - State v. Martin · 38 Wash. 2d 774 - State v. Thompson · 70 Wash. 2d 935 - State v. Slaughter · 76 Wash. 2d 557 - State v. Hill · 2 Wash. App. 637 - State v. Stewart
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““(1) For a person not previously convicted of a felony but armed with a deadly weapon at the time of the commission of his offense, the duration of confinement shall not be fixed at less than five years. “(2) For a person previously convicted of a felony either in this state or elsewhere and who was armed with a deadly weapon at the time of the commission of his offense, the duration of confinement shall not be fixed at less than seven and one-half years. “The words ‘deadly weapon,’ as used in this section include, but are not limited to, any instrument known as a blackjack, sling shot, billy, sand club, sandbag, metal knuckles, any dirk, dagger, pistol, revolver, or any other firearm, any knife having a blade longer than three inches, any razor with an unguarded blade, and any metal pipe or bar used or intended to be used as a club, any explosive, and any weapon containing poisonous or injurious gas.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"The words 'deadly weapon,' as used in this section include, but are not limited to, any instrument known as a blackjack, sling shot, billy, sand club, sandbag, metal knuckles, any dirk, dagger, pistol, revolver, or any other firearm, any knife having a blade longer than three inches, any razor with an unguarded blade, and any metal pipe or bar used or intended to be used as a club, any explosive, and any weapon containing poisonous or injurious gas."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“By a strained construction of the statute one could find that the words "include, but are not limited to" modify the phrase "any knife having a blade longer than three inches". Following this reasoning one could find that a knife with a blade longer than 3 inches was a deadly weapon as a matter of law, but a knife with a blade less than 3 inches could be found to be a deadly weapon if there was a reasonable basis for such a conclusion. A more logical construction of the statute would apply the words "include, but not limited to" to the general category of weapons enumerated but would not exclude consideration of such weapons as ice picks, screwdrivers, axes and other potentially lethal weapons. By this rationale a knife with a blade less than "longer than three inches" could not be considered a deadly weapon.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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