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STATE v. D.R.C.

No. 36821-1-III.

467 P.3d 994 (2020)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. D.R.C., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

FILED July 14, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis W. Morgan , Attorney at Law, Po Box 1019, Republic, WA, 99166-1019, for Appellant.

Joseph Anthony Brusic , Yakima County Prosecutor's Office, 128 N 2nd St. Rm 329, Yakima, WA, 98901-2621, Tamara Ann Hanlon , Yakima County Prosecuting Attorney's Off., 117 N 3rd St. Ste. 203, Yakima, WA, 98901-2766, for Respondent.

PUBLISHED OPINION

¶ 1 The State is prohibited from penalizing constitutionally protected speech. But not all speech is protected. When it comes to the crime of harassment, speech is not protected if it constitutes a true threat, as opposed to mere bluster or hyperbole. The test for a true threat is objective, though...

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