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9 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 60 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from State v. Kjorsvik.

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1 State v. Kjorsvik Anchor
wash · 1991
green “words in a charging document are read as a whole, construed according to common sense, and include facts which are necessarily implied.” 22
2 State v. McNallie
· 1993
green “communication with children for the predatory purpose of promoting their exposure to and involvement in sexual misconduct.” 7
3 State v. Townsend
wash · 2002
green “mere preparation to commit a crime is not a substantial step.” 6
4 State v. Townsend
wash · 2002
green “strongly corroborative of the actor's criminal purpose.” 6
5 State v. McNallie
· 1993
green “the statute prohibits communication with children for the predatory purpose of promoting their exposure to and involvement in sexual misconduct.” 5
6 State v. McNallie
· 1993
green “prohibits communication with children for the predatory purpose of promoting their exposure to and involvement in sexual misconduct.” 5
7 State v. Hopper
wash · 1992
green “even missing elements may be implied if the language supports such a result.” 3
8 State v. Bencivenga
wash · 1999
green “nothing forbids a jury . . . from logically inferring intent from proven facts, so long as it is satisfied the state has proved that intent beyond a reasonable doubt.” 3
9 State v. Grundy
washctapp · 1994
green “to constitute the requisite overt act.” 3

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