Opinion ID: 1275717
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: orson henry lee

Text: In 1989 Petitioner Orson Henry Lee's sister, Brenda Lee, had a friend named Becky Gross, who moved into the Lee family residence for two weeks after she left her mother's home. [36] Ms. Gross became wary of Petitioner Lee, then a juvenile (born January 20, 1975), who lived in the Lee family home. He carved Ms. Gross' nickname, Wild Cat, into his arm with a sharp object and on a piece of metal. A hole was drilled in the wall of the room where she slept at night. [37] Petitioner Lee repeatedly appeared at Ms. Gross' place of employment, Ivar's Seafood Bar in the Rainer Food Court at Southcenter Mall, Tukwila, almost every other day during the period September 1, 1993 to October 30, 1993. [38] He would purchase drinks from Ivar's and sit in the public seating area for patrons of the various fast food restaurants in the court, including Ivar's. He would stare at Ms. Gross for hours. He wrote a number of notes to her indicating his desire to have contact with her, some of which are excerpted below: Why are you trying to stay away from me? I would not hurt you. You know that. I will not let anyone hurt you if I'm still your friend. .... I want to help you if you like it or not. If I have to watch your apartment for you to go to work I will. Don't ignore me [sic] I did nothing to you and I never will. I don't hate you, I have nothing against you, so don't ignore me [sic] you know I would never hurt you. I try to help you and you don't want help. If I have to I will keep you in eyesight all November, I don't want you hurt. Remember when I tattooed Wild Cat on my arm cause I had a crush on you. .... I'm warning you cause I care about you. Watch what you say to Mary she has a big mouth Don't tell her I told you she said you were sleeping with Terry your Mom's husband. .... I would never hurt you or let anyone else. Remember I use to have a crush on you, I still have feelings for you. I wish Brenda would chill out. Please watch out I don't want to see get hurt. I will be your bodyguard when Christine gets out, I will shoot her if I need to.... Being fearful that Petitioner Lee would harm her, Ms. Gross repeatedly told him not to contact her and to leave her alone. [39] She refused to serve him at the seafood bar. She felt intimidated and harassed by him. She had someone from her place of work accompany her even to the restroom down the hallway in the mall because she feared Petitioner would try to contact her or harm her. [40] Petitioner repeatedly rode the same public transit bus as Ms. Gross. He would ask her if he could talk to her. She continued to tell him to leave her alone. [41] Despite Ms. Gross' requests not to contact her, Petitioner Lee continued to contact her. He said he would still do so even though she did not want him to. On October 11, 1993, Ms. Gross telephoned the Tukwila Police Department. Officer Jeffrey Early responded. Officer Early was given four handwritten notes by Ms. Gross and he took her own handwritten statement. He completed the case report and forwarded it to the detectives. He notified Southcenter Mall Security, a private security company, about Petitioner Lee's behavior towards Ms. Gross. [42] On October 18, 1993, Officer Brett Wall of Southcenter Mall Security received a call from Ivar's advising that Appellant Lee was back in the mall and following Ms. Gross. Security Guard Wall searched the mall for Petitioner, found him, and issued a criminal trespass warning prohibiting him from entering the Southcenter Mall. [43] On January 5, 1994, Petitioner Lee was charged by the King County Prosecuting Attorney in the King County Superior Court, Juvenile Department, with the crime of stalking in violation of RCW 9A.46.020, [44] the Information reading (in confusing grammatical form): I, Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney for King County in the name and by the authority of the state of Washington, do accuse Orson Henry Lee of the crime of STALKING, committed as follows: That the respondent, Orson Henry Lee, in King County, Washington, during a period of time intervening between 7 October 1993 and 18 October 1993 without lawful authority intentionally and repeatedly followed another person, to-wit: Becky Elaine Gross, to that person's place of employment, to-wit: Ivars [sic] at Southcenter Mall in Tukwila, and [sic] was intimidated, harassed, or placed in fear that the respondent intended to injure or Becky Elaine Gross' property and the respondent intended to frighten, intimidate, or harass or knew or reasonably should have known that Becky Elaine Gross was afraid, intimidated, and harassed even though the respondent did not intend to place the person in fear or to intimidate or harass Becky Elaine Gross; Contrary to RCW 9A.46.020, and against the peace and dignity of the state of Washington.[ [45] ] Although the offense was designated stalking and the Information, in confusing syntax, presumably was intended to be written in the language of the stalking statute, former RCW 9A.46.110, it nevertheless cited RCW 9A.46.020, [46] which in 1993 provided, in part, that: (1) A person is guilty of harassment if: (a) Without lawful authority, the person knowingly threatens: (i) To cause bodily injury in the future to the person threatened or to any other person; or (ii) To cause physical damage to the property of a person other than the actor; or (iii) To subject the person threatened or any other person to physical confinement or restraint; or (iv) Maliciously to do any other act which is intended to substantially harm the person threatened or another with respect to his or her physical or mental health or safety; and (b) The person by words or conduct places the person threatened in reasonable fear that the threat will be carried out.... On June 1, 1994, the Information was amended to change the charging period from October 7, 1993 and October 18, 1993 to September 1, 1993 and October 30, 1993, but continued to characterize the offense as stalking, and to cite only RCW 9A.46.020, the harassment statute. [47] On March 15, 1994, Petitioner moved to dismiss the charge, contending the stalking statute was unconstitutionally vague and overbroad. [48] The court, the Honorable Mary Wicks Brucker, denied the motion. [49] Inasmuch as Petitioner Lee at no time objected to the confusing grammar of the Information or to the erroneous citation of the statute, we conclude that without question he waived any objection he might have been able to raise. At trial Petitioner Lee argued the term following means a physical pursuit of someone, which does not apply to his merely sitting in a public place, and that there was no evidence to show he had followed his victim. [50] The court denied his motion and entered a formal finding of guilty of stalking and sentenced him on July 11, 1994 to (a) 12 months' community supervision; (b) 16 hours' community service; (c) 4 days in jail with 4 days suspended; and (d) have no contact with Ms. Becky Gross. The Court entered findings of fact and conclusions of law on September 30, 1994. [51] Petitioner Lee appealed the decision to the Court of Appeals, Division I, which consolidated it with State v. Brian Yates, Cause Number 36767-6-I.